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i am a wife.. a mother.. a lover.. a daughter.. a sister.. a principal.. a teacher.. a friend.. and will be a student.. i'm not saying that i'm a super woman.. and i'm not even trying to.. i enjoy my life and busy days.. with all the loving persons in my life and all the lovely jobs…
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Today’s post comes out of desperation.
I spend my days toggling between computer windows. I start reading something, take a break to check email or Twitter, chase a link and open another window, telling myself I’ll get back to that first window later. I return to the item I was working on, many moments later, only to have completely lost my train of thought. At the end of the day, I close down the computer with some 20 or 30 windows open. If I’m using Firefox, my good fortune (or punishment) is that the next time I start up, those windows greet me anew, creating a virtual to-do list that I’m just as unlikely to get to as I was when I first opened each of them.
My multitasking is not confined to my laptop. While preparing my morning tea, I might be paying a bill and getting it ready for the mail, fixing the dog’s food and my own cereal, and trying to pay attention to the morning news. (After all, we should be able to do things while just “listening” since that’s we do while driving.) As my fiance passes me on his way to the shower, I kiss him and half-heartedly engage in a “what are we doing tonight” exchange while still trying to listen to the news. I’m waiting for the day the dog’s kibble ends up in my cereal bowl.
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At work recently, I caught myself talking to someone on the phone, reading email, answering instant messages and attempting to complete an online training module -- all at the same time. Towards the end, someone even knocked on my office door and wanted to chat with me in person. At home, I often… Read More »
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We love our husbands
-- so why are we so angry at them, so often?
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Do you ever go through a WHOLE entire conversation with someone and then afterwards you’re like “WTF did they just say?”
This happened to me the other day with one of my coworkers.
I don’t care where you work, there’s one in EVERY office-- the ‘talker’ type. There’s this older... Read More »
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Continous partial attention works when we're doing something routine. It’s disastrous, if what we’re doing requires reflection, concentration, or humanity.
“Excuse me, son, what did you say about bleeding?”
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My pants were too long.
They got caught on the heel of my shoe at work, tripped me up on the stairs, and made me look like I was playing dress-up in some tall person’s clothes. I needed to hem them, but couldn’t find the time.
So I finally made the time. I hemmed them at work. At my desk. While I was wearing them.
Luckily, the pair I was wearing when inspiration/exasperation struck was pinstriped, and it’s fairly easy to keep the hem level if you make sure the stripes line up. And, since I was wearing them while I worked on them, I didn’t sew the cuffs together — this time. (Yeah, I don’t have so much of the mad sewing skilz.)
The results were fine. I was happy. So happy, in fact, that two days later I deliberately wore another pair of too-long pants and did it again.
All moms know the real secret to success is multitasking. Hard work and determination, too, of course, but multitasking — that’s the stuff, right there.
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