Jul 10
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A fun article to share with you:
Over the weekend, I had several things on my agenda — some more urgent than others. I really wanted to just sit down and read some of my books or listen to some of my audio books, but the kitchen needed a major clean up as well. So I had to prioritize and decided to go with the kitchen.
Then I realised, hey, just because I was cleaning the kitchen doesn’t mean I could not continue to do what I enjoy i.e. listening to my audio books. So I spent 6 hours in the kitchen (it was a major clean up clearing out cupboards, expired food items etc) scrubbing, washing, wiping and at the same time finished listening to one audio book!
I felt so pleased with having ‘killed two birds with one stone’ so to speak. And it also made the household chore much more enjoyable.
Often people say that women (especially mothers) are good at multi-tasking and most men can only do one thing at a time. I don’t know if this is true, for I know several men who multi-tasks as well as I do. At the same time, I also believe that some tasks should be done with a single minded purpose in order to make it right and multi tasking should be avoided.
One thing I know that mothers are good at in multi-tasking is the ability to keep an eye on their children while doing something else. My daughter time and time again, is amazed that I know exactly what she is up to even though I was not looking at her. She asked me many times how do I know what she was doing and if I have some superpowers (!) — I told her it is a mother thing and when she becomes a mother she will have these ‘powers’ too. Lol!
Notes:
- Benefits of multi-tasking – saves you time, allows you to do something concrete while enjoying something else at the same time
- Some things should be done single-mindedly and not combined with something else for eg. surgery!
© 2010 Shamala Tan
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