Overcoming boredom

One of the issues I have found with self training is boredom. I find it hard to focus for any length of time. It gets tiring practicing alone all the time. Since I have been working on bettering myself for a while now I find I get bored quicker. So I am now starting a two fold plan.

1)I am going to start training Nicole with me. She doesn't know it yet.

2)I am going to get an egg timer and practice for 10 minutes bursts everyday starting tomorrow.

I am hoping with these changes I can start making sustainable progress.