tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6909528955465839978.post7450508776072883801..comments2023-05-24T10:02:03.591-04:00Comments on Never Mind Wasting Time: Multi-tasking vs. ObsesssingMaria Mainerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839883252262642051noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6909528955465839978.post-82310355848059810452011-05-19T22:40:11.569-04:002011-05-19T22:40:11.569-04:00There is nothing funnier than watching a little ki...There is nothing funnier than watching a little kid try to multitask. Sometimes, when my little boy is being particularly rowdy and has made a huge mess, I tell him he can do (random fun thing) after he puts everything away. He never knows where to start so I helpfully give him advice.<br /><br />"See the pull-ups all over the floor? Pick them all up and put them back in your drawer." He spends a lot of time trying to pick all 26 of them up in one armload. He can manage about 10 before he starts dropping them, but he doesn't notice that he is dropping them, so he just keeps picking them up over and over again.<br /><br />When he finally begins to notice that there is a problem, but before he gets angry, I helpfully suggest that he take two or three trips to do it. So he takes a small handfull and heads toward his room. Then I say, "Oooh, don't trip on that toy you left there! Make sure you take that to your room too!" So he tries to pick that up and drops all the pullups. "Ooooh, make sure you put the pullups away, and don't forget to put the books back on the shelf, and see that over there..." <br /><br />On a good day, I can get an extra hour of paper-grading done while he is caught in one of these pick-and-drop cleaning loops.hausprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079208207277208625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6909528955465839978.post-1727682846243102162011-03-07T11:04:45.938-05:002011-03-07T11:04:45.938-05:00This must be genetic. I daily struggle with impat...This must be genetic. I daily struggle with impatience when I get asked every five minutes for juice. Why can't they all just understand that there is scheduled snack time where I will focus solely on their juice needs? Right now I need all my energy to organize my grocery list by aisle location...Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06269791615297376806noreply@blogger.com