"The irony of multitasking is that it's exhausting: when you're doing two or three things simultaneously, you use more energy than the sum of energy required to do each task independently. You're also cheating yourself because you're not doing anything excellently. You're compromising your virtuosity. In the words of T. S. Elliot, you're 'distracted from distractions by distractions'."
~ Twyla Tharp, "The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It For Life"
...although, I am doing most things rather excellently.
:: I'm 75% done warping the loom for my next big project.
:: I'm planning another weaving project on a small Dorothy loom I picked up off of Craigslist over the weekend.
:: I knit another baby sweater and just need to sew on buttons.
:: I'm planning out activities and lesson plans for my new creativenture. (Surprise! I'm going back to teaching piano again! My new-to-me 100 year old FREE piano is getting delivered today. Just FYI, when you ask the universe for a free piano, it's actually not that hard to come by.)
:: I've got a new quilt project planned out and just need to start cutting.
:: I turned the heel on another sock that I'm working on.
So everything is going rather excellently.... Just nothing that involves putting away laundry, cleaning the gunk in the back corner of the fridge or gardening.
You have a lot on your plate! I guess I do that, too, but I don't write things down so it doesn't sound like a lot. Maybe it explains why I am always so damn tired.
ReplyDeleteMulti-tasking often gets confused with "killing two birds with one stone". Multi-tasking means having multiple projects on the go at the same time, rather than working on multiple projects at the same moment. If for any reason you get blocked on one project (you're waiting for information from someone else, you need to learn something new, or if you just lose steam in general), then you can push forward on one of your other projects. The question is one of efficiency; efficiency applies to process, not purpose.
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