MONOTASKING

This morning Kirsty and I were up bright and early to get to our hair appointment (much needed by both of us I may add!). Now I have to say I love going to have my hair done...not only because I come out looking- and usually feeling- much better than when I went in, but because I get to do nothing but look through magazines for a couple of hours without feeling guilty that I ought to be doing something else!

After flicking through a few 'Celebrity' mags..in which I knew hardly anyone!....I picked up the May 2012 edition of 'Red'.....

...much more my style, and I came across an article which really 'spoke' to me (actually there were two articles and I may remember to blog about the other one some time soon). It was entitled 'STOP WITH THE MULTITASKING' and THIS is the link. Don't worry that the first part is about meditation if you're not into that sort of thing: it's the second part that  interested me. Basically it asks the question 'WHY do we feel the need to DO so much?'

I have been asking myself the same question this week and was working towards...when I have a minute ;).......with working on my time management. I feel as though if I don't set time aside for certain tasks, I end up trying to do too  many things at a time- and am beginning to get no enjoyment from any of them. I don't want my blogging and scrapping to become a chore.....and I don't want to walk around with the phone anymore, while I'm loading the washing machine or whatever and therefore not really paying attention to what is being said to me.....and I don't want to be enjoying working in the garden less because I have a head full of other things...the list goes on...

.....so I came home this afternoon and have tried to be very aware of trying to focus on what I've been doing. I ate my lunch WITHOUT sitting with my laptop and checking emails etc.- and I actually tasted and enjoyed what I had. I sat down to talk to mum on the phone with no distractions - and didn't miss ANY of the conversation. I allowed myself an hour reading in the sun, followed by an hour working in the garden- without worrying about the ironing, as I had tackled that after lunch. Now I'm having some blogging time, before I go and watch a DVD with Kirsty...and I'll do a bit of blog visiting before going to bed, instead of watching the DVD with one eye on the laptop!

.I'm definately fed up  with multitasking and am going to try monotasking for a while....

Does any of this resonate with anyone else, or am I just getting old?.....

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx