I am a bit slow on getting stuff done today. Rather than having a harder deadline today with tomorrow off giving me more motivation it does kind of make me have less, since I feel like I can just finish everything tomorrow on the day off. I suppose as long as I get everything done by tomorrow, it would still work out, since the goal is to have the first half of the week completely done and none of the work to run into the second half of the week. Though obviously that would be less than optimal from the organization standpoint. It also makes me think the goals are still a bit on the easy side, because if they were really hard goals, I would worry more about finishing quickly and be pressured to get it all done faster.

Well that is why I am trying different approaches to things, to see which ones work the best for me. I might just drop the day off in middle of the week approach. Then again, maybe it is the reward that is the issue. Having a day off doesn’t seem like a reward, if I can slack and take time off on a different day. And having to finish all the work on that day off doesn’t seem like much of a punishment either, since I don’t mind doing the work all on one day. I will have to think about that some more.