I FINALLY MADE A BREAK THROUGH WITH MY ASSIGNMENTS! … Sort of, anyway.

So I woke up really late today and went through the hour and half that was left of my morning feeling bummed out and crummy. Just when I was debating whether or not to go to the gym at my usual time, my husband alerted me to the fact that Sims 4 was on sale. Now, I’ve been wanting to play Sims 4 since it came out, but I just didn’t want to pay the hefty price tag and also I usually forgot about it until someone talked about it online. But literally just the other day I was saying to my husband how much I want to play it, so the fact that it’s on sale for HALF PRICE had to be a sign, right? Well I spent a few hours chewing it over. I went to the gym and thought about what I would be giving up in exchange for buying this game: new clothes, spontaneous take aways, last minute trips to London. By the time I got home I had sold myself on the fact that I could absolutely deal with not having any of those extra things for the rest of the month as long as I could play Sims 4.

So I bought the game under one condition: I have to finish and submit ALL of my assignments for this module of my design course before I can even install the game. I didn’t really think much of it when I made this rule for myself, but shortly after I agreed to it I found myself looking over my assignments and seeing what all I had left to complete. Before I knew it, I was flicking through notes and typing away like normal! I actually completed two more assignments and made some really solid improvements on one that I was really struggling with earlier this week.

I feel really good about the work I’ve done, and it’s so nice to be able to admit that to myself after the past week of feeling like all of my efforts have been completely subpar. Obviously I’ve still got a bit more to do on these assignments before I send them off, but at least I’ve gotten to a point where I feel encouraged to work on them! Maybe I need to reward myself more? Who knew a sale on Sims 4 could finally convince me to get my act together!