Challenges are challenging

So two days of my 30-Minute-A-Day-Screen-Time-Challenge and I have already learned a lot!  First of all, I now know that I am totally addicted to the internet.  One of the first things I have noticed is how much I want to get online, even if I don't have a reason to get online.  I get home from school and my first thought is "check your email!"  I get home from hanging out with friends and my brain shouts "get on Facebook!"  "No!"  I tell my brain, "Not today.  I already used up my 30 minutes."

That's the other thing I have learned. 30 minutes goes by fast.  Doing this challenge has made me have to think more deliberately about what is most important.  I have to plan out what I am going to do before I get online so that I make the most of every minute.  For example, I like to get online and find new recipes.  I wanted to do that yesterday, but I had already used up my time, so I wrote it on my list of things to do today.  I can't just get on Facebook first thing because that will use up all my time, so I have to carefully plan what sites I will visit.

I used up my 30 minutes yesterday before I went to school, so when I got home I had the whole afternoon to do non-screen-time things. I cleaned the bathroom, did my homework (even homework that wasn't due today), made dinner, read, worked on a dress that I am altering, read some more and went to bed.  It was nice.  I think its great that I have really think and plan out how I will spend my time, its much more meaningful and then I don't waste any of it.

Well, my handy timer is getting close to the five minute mark, so I am going to end here.  More stories to come!