make better use of my time

Feeling really grumpy and irritable today, because I feel so terribly useless and unproductive. I drove mom mom to work at 6 am, then met the painters at 8, then the electrician at 8:30. Did some Rosetta Stone while I waited. Then I went to the local dance boutique to see if I could get some skating clothes, and Office Depot to try to get an iPod case, but nothin’ doin’. Then I got gas, got $20 and had it broken into 2 $10 bills for the painters’ tips, then went food shopping and picked up some stuff for dinner. Also took the dog out. All useless errands, and I’m tired and cold and just want to go to sleep, and I didn’t do any thesis work and I skipped skating because the cut on my ankle just isn’t healing and it’s been hurting a lot, so I forced myself not to go and irritate it even more, although I really needed/wanted the practice. I really dislike myself right now, even though I know I’m overreacting. It’s just a theme with me, being tired and lazy and irritable and having nothing to show for myself at the end the day :(

For me, the best ways to accomplish this are a) to stop taking naps every day, and b) to stop pissing around on the internet, especially checking Facebook and my e-mail 50 times a day. I should limit this to 2-3x a day, once in the morning when I wake up, once in the afternoon to see if anything has come through, and once in the evening before I settle in to read, watch TV, whatever. I think this would force me to focus on my tasks, whatever they may be, rather than letting the internet be some kind of ‘reward’ which actually just fragments my experiences with particular projects.