So did you happen to catch Michelle’s airy, lovely house over on Design Sponge? When I laid eyes on her dining room, I immediately thought I’d like to sit at that sunny table and have a cup of coffee. That’s it. Nothing else. Just drink coffee…and sit.
This was timely, as every once in a while we hit an especially harried phase around our house, and this week (with “school” starting and work fairly crazed for both of us) happens to be especially nutty. Bryan and I deal with having too much to do in distinctly different ways. His approach is to focus on one. thing. at. a. time. to the detriment of anything else around him. Admirable…and you can bet that the object of his focus is getting 100% of his attention, but I just don’t roll that way.
No, I’m firmly, unequivocally a “multi-tasker” (which I’m realizing, despite all the hype to the contrary, isn’t really a good thing.) And sadly, not only do I multi-task, but I tend to take pride in juggling as many tasks as humanly possible -- at once… (Typical scenario = chatting with my mom on phone, simultaneously packing kid’s lunches + unloading dishwasher and mentally prepping for a meeting with my boss.)
This can’t be healthy. Not only am I not really giving any one thing the attention it deserves, but it’s stressful operating this way. So I’m working on focus…I even printed out these 11 tips for slowing down from Apartment Therapy and stuck them above my desk as a reminder…their #1 tip…
“try doing just one thing at a time…”
We’ll see how it goes.
