Thursday, August 11, 2011

learning to be productive

My husband is gone for a few weeks for training and I feel like all I've been doing is watching TV. I'm not working, we don't have any children, I'm not in school as of right now and my house is basically clean and organized--so needless to say I didn't really have any major projects to do.  So what did I do basically the first week my husband was gone?

Watch TV.

I find that watching TV makes the time just vanish. Whether my hubby is gone or not. It's easy to waste an entire day watching TV.  But as I was sitting on my living room floor this evening, watching yet another show that I've never seen, wondering what would happen to me if he was gone for a year or so. Would I seriously be watching television everyday?

It worried me.

As these thoughts are going through my mind I realized how important is to keep focused and not let the loneliness distract me into becoming a couch potato.  I want to be strong and ambitious when my better half is gone. I don't want to move backwards. Growing up TV was never a good option. My mom has been known to hide our TV and game stations because she felt nothing got accomplished when the TV was on. I feel the same way. I don't hear a thing when the TV is on. I like to kid myself in that I accomplish things while I'm watching TV. But let's be honest, it's completely impossible to get the same amount of work done while watching television then if you just listened to music or nothing at all.

Yesterday I told myself when I woke up that I wasn't going to turn on the TV at all, all day long.  I can't tell you how the energy was different in my home. I think it's important, especially when it's just me back home, to keep productive and not to turn into a blob while my hubby is gone. I know that there are so many woman out there that keep together a lot better than I do, and for that I completely admire and respect you.

For me I gotta keep it real by keeping it off the couch.