You may be longing to relax and enjoy time with your loved ones today, but work obligations could make you feel pressure to attend to them instead. Your mind may be alive with fun ideas for things to do today, but there may be work to be done before you can make time for enjoying yourself. If so, you might consider focusing your attention on the tasks that are in front of you today. You might think about portioning out your time, perhaps in intervals of two-hour blocks, when you can focus entirely on your work. Concentrating the sum of your energy on your tasks and responsibilities may help you get things done more quickly. You can then schedule breaks in between projects and make phone calls, come up with social plans, or simply anticipate how good you may feel once your work is complete.

Once we've squarely met our tasks and obligations, we are free to relax and enjoy our social time. Seeing to our responsibilities comes with a variety of rewards, but perhaps none greater than the sense of accomplishment we feel after everything is done. And anything enjoyable or relaxing we do once our obligations have been met feels infinitely more pleasurable in contrast. See to your work today by managing your time and attention, and you'll be able to enjoy yourself later on when your time is free for fun.