Fun & Play

Recently, as I was exploring some difficulties around issues of self-discipline, I've sought out a variety of strategies for overcoming self-sabotage.  However, I discovered that one of the primary reasons I was sabotaging myself, and not having the level of productivity I would have liked, was because I hadn't met my need for fun and play.



That sounds completely counter-intuitive.  How can it be that the way to make myself more disciplined and productive is to allow myself to have more fun and playfulness in my life?