Cease multitasking to get extra performed

I used to take nice satisfaction in my talents to multitask. “I’m actually a supermum”, I’d assume, and I’d take satisfaction in “doing in any respect”, on a regular basis.

I used to be continually doing, feeling exhausted, and getting overwhelmed as a result of issues had been taking ages to get crossed off my checklist. And I by no means felt like I used to be doing something correctly.

It lastly occurred to me that multitasking is admittedly nothing however job switching. And since I’ve been perpetually job switching, I take for much longer to complete one factor, and I’m not doing it in addition to I may have.

Inform me I’m not the one one who feels this fashion?

There is no such thing as a such factor as multitasking except you might be actually typing with one hand and cooking with one other. That is clearly not doable, as at any given time you might be both typing or cooking.

And, seems that multitasking not solely makes you inefficient and causes faster burn out, it impairs your govt features within the mind. These features management and handle your cognitive processes that decide when, and in what order sure duties are carried out.

• Time blocking: I decide a job after which block out time to get it performed. In that point, I do nothing else.

• Switching off all different distractions: At work, I shut all different home windows open on my pc. I mark my calendar as busy, and put my cellphone away and on silent. By doing this, I discover that if I’ve blocked half-hour for a job, I end it in a lot much less time.

  At house, I inform my youngsters and my nanny that I would like one hour of uninterrupted time. After this, I promise to play with my youngsters, or doing one thing they need me to do with them. This works SO effectively. I put a timer on, in order that they know my time is up, they usually look forward to it!

• Activity batching: After I have a look at my checklist of issues to do, I attempt to batch duties. For instance, replying to my emails and scheduling my day go collectively; paying payments and banking go collectively; shopping for groceries on-line and selecting a birthday reward on-line for a classmate of my daughter go collectively.

• Prioritizing should do’s for the day: Our to do checklist is SO lengthy. Prioritizing what can’t wait is a good way to cross issues off and never fear about the remaining.

• Utilizing Notion: Every little thing I must do outdoors of labor, I do in Notion. Which implies, I can entry it anytime from anyplace and work on it between instances. I’m somebody who retains numerous stuff in my head, and am infamous for not writing it down in a pocket book that I’ll know the place to seek out, after I want it. Since Notion is within the cloud, it permits me to dump every part there and I can discover it anytime because of the search perform. I’m additionally studying how you can higher organise my thoughts and plan utilizing Notion.

We’re in an extremely busy time throughout all fronts as we method the tip of the yr. Let’s get every part performed and do it effectively, with out ending the yr burnt out.

Wishing you an ideal week forward.

Love,

Abha x