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It was past midnight and I was making myself a cup of Nestum cereals. And as the lumps of cereal were still smoldering with steam, I decided to leave the kitchen and head into my room to do something while waiting. And since my hair was still damp, I felt I could do with a little towel massage too. And as I was about to abandon the cup of the still lumpy cereal drink, a thought stuck me and I held my reins.
What was I doing? And what was I trying to do? Here was I making a cup of drink and before that could be properly done, my mind was sifting through activities that could be done to maximize the wait, - the wait the beverage took to balance itself to the kitchen room temperature. And that was it! That was my problem I felt!
Distraction.
And it occurred to me that it’s the same phenomena as the tab function. How the thumb would instantaneously hold the command key while the index leaps for the T-key to open links while waiting for each page link to load. I was only looking for what I thought I needed to know, carelessly leaving out any details and certainly not entertaining the thought of waiting idly in front of the screen for info to appear.
What was I searching for? Nothing in particular. Probably nothing at all.
Multi-tasking. It gets a lot done for me, but does it really accomplish anything?
What was I doing? And what was I trying to do? Here was I making a cup of drink and before that could be properly done, my mind was sifting through activities that could be done to maximize the wait, - the wait the beverage took to balance itself to the kitchen room temperature. And that was it! That was my problem I felt!
Distraction.
And it occurred to me that it’s the same phenomena as the tab function. How the thumb would instantaneously hold the command key while the index leaps for the T-key to open links while waiting for each page link to load. I was only looking for what I thought I needed to know, carelessly leaving out any details and certainly not entertaining the thought of waiting idly in front of the screen for info to appear.
What was I searching for? Nothing in particular. Probably nothing at all.
Multi-tasking. It gets a lot done for me, but does it really accomplish anything?
posted by HuiChuan at
2:12 PM
3 Comments:
a sign of restlessness due to excessive preoccupations. take a DEEP breath and relax yourself. :)
gosh flo, is that true? it calls for a holiday then, right? haha! preoccupations...
that was a superbly prompt reply from u tho...thanks! :)
u r welcome :)
i'm sort of in that state right now...impatiently wanting to rush through another thing when the one at hand is still incomplete but the mind screams "time is running!" and yea...i'm just as restless.
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