One of the Laws of Dinotopia is : "Do One Thing at a Time". Don't you know about the Laws of Dinotopia? Weird, new age-ish movie. I like the Laws, though. "Eat to Live, Don't Live to Eat" Is another fantastic idea. And "Find the Light." But, I digress. It's the one-thing-at-a-time idea that I want to discuss.
I find this worth pondering. There may be something to it, you never know. I don't do one thing at a time. Ever.
I do many things all in a frenzy.
My mind doesn't work too well that way, to tell you the truth.
It's like my mind has this finite capacity, and it reaches maximum density when 14 things are happening at once.
At any given moment I'll be online, on the phone, fixing dinner, doing laundry, and listening to the children in the other room... While the dog howls and the music plays from the radio.
So, duh, it's no big deal to drive and apply make-up.
Children know this.
Men do not.
Children know that if they want to have five bucks, their moment is when I am buried in stimulation. If you have kids, then you know this to be true.
"Mom! You told me I could go to Suzie's house, remember?"
"When did I say that?"
"During that Calgon-take-me-away moment you had this afternoon."
They know.
Men are clueless. I had an entire conversation with a man when my mind was not engaged, and he was appalled when I had no idea what we had talked about. Wasn't that silly of him?
When my brain is full, I may function, but my mind is not at all participating. Are all women like that?
It's like I do OK multi-tasking right up to a point, and then it's sensory overload, and my brain dissolves into a quivering puddle.
It's stressful. Very stressful.
Is there another way of thinking and doing things as a single mom?
3 comments:
Kelly, the point you hit when suddenly you are on overload is the threshold of your working memory. Working memory (aka short-term memory) can hold 7+/- 2 (in some people 9 and in others 5) units of information. I just learned this in my cognition class (one of the only interesting things, sad to say).
And yes, most women multi-task. But it is nice to only do one thing at a time, though most of us rarely do.
really? That explains a lot. No wonder I seem to balance on the verge of insanity at all times.
Hey, Jenn, when are you going to come back to blogging? I miss reading you.
Dinotopia? Obviously, I've never seen that gem.
I really have not one thing to say. But I simply must comment. Because then I know you know I've been here.
Happy Friday, friend.
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