This is the kind of multitasking that I’m pretty sure is okay…eating while preparing to take off! The kind of multitasking that I’ve been doing lately is not…trying to do too many jobs at once and not doing any of them well, especially with twitter and NPR in the background. I decided to reduce the amount of pointless multitasking that I’m doing as a way to simply my life and become more zen while maximizing my time.
One thing I’ve decided to change is to watch less TV. I didn’t used to watch TV at all and then a couple of years ago it somehow became a part of my life. I’m often doing several things while watching TV, but most times not doing them well at all. It can actually be more frustrating than helpful, so my goal is to reduce the TV time each day and when I do decide to watch it, just watch it for entertainment purposes only…like tonight’s 30 Rock. The picture above is from Nicole of Three By Sea (Etsy Shop).
‘Ode to 30 Rock’ from Elloh
Yes, addiction to tv (movies for me) is a challenge to drop. I often wonder how/why I get sucked in. Sometimes, even when the movie is bad, I continue watching even though I am feeling dumber by the minute. Hmm.
Yup, this is a lesson I learned several years ago when we first got Tivo. When I do watch something on TV, I want to follow every nuance, which is what 1st attracted me to tivo – being able to pause a show while attending to something, and pick up where I left off. Then because I had a show recorded, I realized I didn’t have to watch it right away – it would wait for me til I was ready.
The cool thing is that now I am really selective about what I watch, I actually watch LESS TV, but when I do I enjoy it thoroughly (and I never watch commercials!)
Good Luck!