Hello lovelies! In my last post I said I didn't really have any resolutions. Today I am breaking that.

Over the last few months I've found more and more that lazy days do not calm or relax me. They just make me think more and more about how much work I have to do and how by taking a day off I have less time to do said work. By the end of the day I'm grumpy and just feeling guilty about how much work I could have got done.

I'm not a workaholic by any means. I often spent 60% of the day playing Sims or Dragon Age or lurking on Twitter. But that 40% of work is so important to my sense of self-worth. I did something - I decided to do something and I got it done. That could be anything from 1000 words of an essay or revision notes on Paradise Lost or even just laundry. I can tick something off the list.

I used to not do my homework and then fake ill so that my teachers wouldn't shout at me. I don't know why I started doing that (well, internet). I am still so cross with who I was between the ages of 15 and 17 - I threw away a lot back then. Luckily I seem to have found something now that coaxes the little whiny voice in my head that wants to check Tumblr into hushing for just another half an hour. Maybe it's the reality of the debt I will be in after my degree - it has to be worth it. 

So I've decided to try and do something (one thing) productive every day. It could be planning my meals for the week. It could be gathering a list of publishers to apply to for work experience. It could be tending to the growing pile of clothes in my laundry bag. It most definitely could be a book I have to read for uni. 

I am an adult. Obviously many adults (for various reasons) are unable to do this, or really need days off to cope. But the adult I want to be can manage and balance work and time off for her own benefit. If I can get into a habit of working every day, that prepares me for so much when I finish my undergraduate degree next summer. I'd really like to be ready for anything.

Thanks for reading! Let me know what your productivity goals are for 2015.

Lots of love,

Catherine xxx