Multi-tasking

We have heard that term for years now and we are familiar with the meaning.  Women these days certainly seem to be accomplished at multi-tasking though the experts tell us that it is not possible to successfully do more than one thing at a time.  Ha, tell that to mothers who have been doing it since time immemorial.  Any woman who works and maintains a home knows how to multi-task.

I do the normal tasks that it takes to run a house, be a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a hands on great grandmother.  I am also a travel agent for the trips we take, a banker, a secretary, and an artist.  All of this is pretty normal with one exception, I am not content to read one book or plan one trip, or paint one picture at a time.

It started with reading.  I must have at least three books going at one time.  People ask me how I keep up with the plots and the answer is I don't really know, I just do.  This has been going on as long as I can remember so for me it is normal.

When I started painting, I began working on a couple of paintings at a time.  Pretty soon, it was three or four.  Currently, I have four paintings in various stages of completion.

My husband and I love to travel and I love to plan our trips.  We usually take a couple of trips a year.  As soon as I have all the plans completed for one trip, I start working on another.  I usually have plans for the current year and the following one.  Maybe I should have been a professional organizer.  The funny thing is I absolutely hate for anyone else to make plans for me.  I will not commit to anything where I have to be somewhere once a week or once a month.  No bunco or bingo clubs for me.  I don't even make my hair appointments in advance.  I just call when I'm ready.  It is really funny when you think about it.  I will go on a two week cruise planned by me, but won't go to my neighbors to play cards once a month. 

So maybe my having multiple things going at the same time is a control issue, a way to make sure that my time is under my command only.  Who knows?  Whatever the reason it works for me. 

So all you multi-taskers out there, don't let any so called experts tell you that your brain is not capable of doing more than one thing at a time.  We know better.