maximizing the time in a day, week, month, or year. . .
Ed -
I'm glad you enjoyed the blog, but I'm sorry it made you feel like a slacker:cool2:
I'm often asked how I manage to do all the things I do. I'll share one big secret for maximizing time usage - I don't watch any television. Zero. None at all. And, I don't miss it, either. I've not watched the tube for about 20 years now. That puts me completely out of touch with the pulse of American culture, but it doesn't bother me too much.
The other secret - I don't do all of my favorite activities all the time. For example, this week I have a big Irish festival to play with my band and in a couple of solo performances. I've spent most of my spare time this week practicing the music for my stage times. Last week I spent most of my spare time in the shop working on a new project. Next week - I'll focus mostly on my day job, even though I'm on summer break, but I have some deadlines coming up that I need to make and so I'm working ahead to beat the rush.
You just have to partition your time effectively and pick up where you left off on any one activity. Not to be biased or anything, but I think working mothers learn to manage their time and tend to be good at multi-tasking. I've noticed that many of my male colleagues are very linear in their thinking and don't juggle multiple activities all that well. That's probably just a slice of academia, though, where obsession to a single topic is the norm. I'm sure there are plenty of folks in many different careers that do numerous things in a fashion similar to me. . .
