Multi-taking
 

Since I have to multi-multi task at work, I've become in the habit of doing several things at one time even at home. I find it hard to wash the dishes without doing something else at the same time. Its a habit I'm trying to break as I want to retire soon and learn to relax a bit. I was quilting the other day and realized that one of the things I love about quilting is that it will not let me multitask. Its impossible to look through books, sew, iron, or cut at the same time!

:) :) I'm like you --- we exchange "multi-tasking" to "having 20 UFOs!!!!! :)

I'm having trouble just single-tasking these days!

Hey, I resemble that remark! I'm the same way & personally feel "multi-tasking" isn't all its cracked up to be! What happened to "the destination is the journey"? Or maybe I'm just too simple-minded to multi-task... LOL!

I have a job that I multitask, and can have conversations with different people at the same time.. I come home, and I don't stop. dog just watches me.. As for housework? I'm having a major problem with not doing it..

Oh, yes you can multi=task while quilting. I listen to audio books in my sewing room. Then any hand work can be done while watching TV. I sewed down a queen sized binding with the olympics.

I discovered yesterday that my multi tasking days may be ending. I was sitting in a drive thru getting my lunch when my cell phone rang. I didn't want to answer it, just see who was calling. As I picked up my phone, I hit the button to answer and at the same time, the girl came to the window to give me my change. I'm hearing "hello, hello" from my right and "thank you ma'am" from my left. I reach for my change with my left hand, answer my phone with my right ( my eye doctor's office setting up an appointment for me ), put the truck in drive and start to leave. As I'm leaving I realize I don't have my food yet! I stop the truck, I can't back up because the person behind me is right on my tail. So, I get out of the truck, walk back to the window to get my food from the girl at the window, laughing at me. Get back in the truck, drive around the building to the parking lot to eat my lunch and realize I have forgotten what time I just made my eye doctor's appointment for. Oh my, good thing it was Friday.

amandasgramma wrote

I'M LIKE YOU...WE EXCHANGE MULTI TASKING IS TO HAVING 20 UFOS
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Isn't that our multi-taking of quilting.........

I have bought cute little matching storage boxes in which to put my present project when I decide that I must start another immediately......

or when I see a new pattern and tell myself I will just pick the fabric for it and store for later production.

I now have a shelf of UFO storage boxes, ready for when I am ready!!!!!

.......but I wouldn't change it for anything.......love being able to go from one to another as the mood swings!!!!!

I do the same thing! Otherwise, my sewing room doesn't get visited. I normally don't like "noise," but need it when I sew. Music, TV, audio books are all good.

You could listen to books on tape!

When I was working multi-tasking was easy and necessary but after 10 yrs of retirement I wonder how I ever did it.If I get up to empty the waste basket- get a cup of tea and go potty I usually forget the most important task-going potty. So I've decided to do one thing at a time-even if it requires more indoor walking.The exercise is good for me and I no longer forget to go potty......: )

I was watching a piece on the news the other night, and they were talking about researching kids who " multi -task" and what they found was that multi tasking is not accomplishing more, it is just breaking several tasks into smaller sections and not giving ANY of them a good effort. You have to keep refocusing your attention, and reorient yourself, all which takes a fraction of a second sometimes, and sometimes more, but the end result is worse than if you just finish one thing and the start on another. I've tried to remember this I jump from one thing to the next - I'm trying to " multi task" less, but it IS difficult!

doesn't cooking at the same time as quilting count? in the winter dinner will be in the oven or summers in the crockpot while i'm quilting or whatever. the oven usually gives me a couple of hours and the crock up to 8 hours guess which is my favorite. (crock of course)

I used to pride myself on how well I could multi-task! Well, the brain has changed just a bit!! The other night I was making chicken salad and fruit salad for a late dinner and my neighbor stopped by, so I was talking to her too. She left and I took dinner to the lvg rm to eat and watch tv. an hour or so later I suddenly smelled something from the kitchen....oh no! I'd put a dozen eggs on to boil when neighbor was here, didn't set my timer I wear (see, this has happened before!) and the eggs boiled dry! Needless to say I had to use the hints here on cleaning a burned pan....= one lost dozen eggs! Just can't get distracted anymore! very depressing!

Don’t know why, but when I retired my multi-tasking ability declined. When I start sewing, I forget to check on what’s cooking in the oven, or to swap out the washer dryer loads, or to let the dogs back in.

I just received my Polder 3-in-1 clock, timer, stopwatch with neck strap from Amazon. The sound of the alarm is enough to remind me that I’m multi-tasking. I can definitely relate to Pollytink's experience.

I really like to sew & have the football game or my very favorite, a hockey game on. My family can't understand how I can "watch" hockey & sew at the same time, but it's really easy. Hockey moves so fast anyway that "watching" is kind of impossible as it is, so listening becomes really important & I can do that while I sew. Then if something really exciting happens, they always have an instant replay so I look up & watch that (ditto football) . Oh, it's sheer heaven for me & I cannot wait for the various sports seasons to begin!!! Go, Broncos! Go, Red Wings!