I'm pretty good at multi-tasking; I think every parent has to be. But I've had too many projects on my plate for the past week, and I think I'm dividing my focus among too many activities. It's not that the projects are too much work alone... It's that I spend free time planning, brainstorming, coming up with ideas, and jotting notes about each project before I begin, and this same level of activity continues until the project is complete.
This is great when I can devote all of that creative work to one project. But, when I have a handful of them, I don't get the chance to "turn off" the thought process. Add to that the sound of my toddler playing in the next room, and the multi-tasking goes from being effective and to being a source of stress.
I'm wrapping up one job today, and then I think I'll take the afternoon off. If it's not too hot, maybe we'll go to the park. And while I'm watching my daughter go down the slide, I'll finally have some downtime to plan out tomorrow's project in my head.
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It's funny how alike freelancing Moms lives are. I have been almost frozen into inactivity this week because I have too many balls in the air. I'm trying to make a list, and check things off one by one so I can get rid of all of the stress!
LOL. I'm working on a list right now! ;)
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