One Task at a time

(Originally published on Blogging Elementary)

Technology is fast.

The workload is fast.

Time is the same.

Multitasking, working under pressure, stress, and time-bound.

Are we seriously trained for this purpose?

From the 2000s, young or old, we have been bitten by the Y2K bug.

We have been seriously infected by the digital-driven terminology and fast reactions. More, more, more, in the same time, 24x7.

A book of 100 pages which we were able to patiently read in the 1990s, we are unable to complete even five pages in a day.

Why so?

We are driven by speed, the timeless bounded anxiety, charged by quick actions, thirty minutes glued to different types of screens. Then…

“I am tired!”

So are we all. Multi-tasking. Round the clock.

Believe me. The bed looks beautiful when its time to sleep!

“The speed thrills but kills.” But that’s for fast drivers, why here?
We are driving ourselves up to the wall.

“The speed thrills, driving us roundabout, detouring and kills.”

Seriously!

High expectations.

Over-analysis.

Lack of communication.

Fear of low output.

Have we realized, while we multitask with highest expectations of proving our worth, who suffers the most?

The simplest beings of our planet, who are used to pen and paper, chalk and board, learning and waiting for love.

Our parents. Our elders. Our children.

They are not trained to think the way we do.
In order for them to understand us, we are forcefully training them to understand how things work. We expect them to have patience, understand our difficulty and appreciate us. What about them?
Who will think about them? They do need time to understand.

Take a list of those tasks that need more importance.
The other tasks are driven by emotion, just taking your attention and time.

That’s one task at a time. Are they on our things to do list or shall we give them a name: One person at a time ?

Once we master this skill, the art of organizing the tasks we ought to do, don’t forget to add, the people we need to communicate with. Our emotions at the back of our mind, we want to do it. But…it is not on paper.

Perhaps adding adding the people we love, want to spend time with, share the love everyday, can help us handle multitasking more effectively or rather, efficiently.

The tension of being a technology perfectionist is what stressed us the most.

Again, slow down, one task at a time.

We could avert the onset of anxiety, depression, and most mental stressed prone disorders.

Enjoy what you do, Do what matters, Everything needs time. Everyone needs time.

Let’s start today, slow down, find out what’s important, what takes time, what needs more time, what needs less time.
Fewer time tasks finish faster, more time tasks need concentration and time.

You are also worth it, the people you love are worth it. You will get time for everything as you realize. Take time to understand what works and Time will be plenty because emotions binds you to time. Time in reality is emotionless.

Time is the same for everyone, how we communicate through emotions and words is what makes time memorable. No matter how difficult it seems, give yourself time, understand your worth.

Success comes with managing time and people in equilibrium.