This ever happen to you? You are home and you get a call from a friend who says they were passing through the area and would like to stop by to catch up. You quickly say sure and they tell you they are about 30 minutes away, oh crap, can you say spring cleaning in 30 minutes? Quick run the dishwasher, chase the vacuum cleaner around, brush the toilet, run the mop, dust and straighten up the house all in 30 minutes. The doorbell rings, you answer it out of breath and sweating, your visitor asks are you ok? You say yes, I was just doing a little cardio, please come in, I was about to get myself a drink can I get you one?
The point is if we allow ourselves to be nonproductive we can but if we put our mind to something we can accomplish it in the shortest amount of time as possible. I use 30 minute blocks of time, hopefully you read my “Cluster Tasking-Try It” article and this should all start making sense to you. Schedule yourself 30 minutes of uninterrupted time to accomplish a single task, read “The Paleo Diet for your Brain-Single Tasking” article.
Am I the master of what I just wrote, Hell no, but I am trying! Thanks to all the interruptions in our world today it’s a daily challenge. To be honest some days I just give up with my plan and stomp out the little fires but hopefully those days are less as I continue to fight the Time Management Battle!
