life help: Got any Multi-tasking tips? - Help.com

It sounds like it is more obsession on things that multitasking.
Multitask generally means to be able to do several things at once in a simple sence like, cooking+talking to a friend while writeing a list of jobs to do, that type of thing.
What you are doing is multitasking in a sence but on a larger scale and you burn yourself out on that one thing rather than spreading all your things out and putting the same amount of time and effort into each different thing.

I don’t know how flexible your work is or what you do but maybe writeing a schedule of what to do and how long you will give that thing and that way you will be doing all the things you need to do without neglecting anything or getting fed up with it and moveing onto the next thing.

Good multi-tasking is like being able to keep all the plates spinning at once… women are especially good at this and I have no idea why. Take advantage of todays technology and set up as many automated services as you can e.g. periodical payments for bills etc…

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to be able to do several things at once in a simple sence like, cooking+talking to a friend while writeing a list of jobs to do.

, you know while the pot is boiling, your writing all the while cradling the phone ….it’s as simple as putting a couple of plans in place that look after themselves and only need min. maintanence, while you can feel free to concentrate on the harder tasks and you won’t feel as though the rest of your life is being neglected..

Well…first step would be to write down your goals…what are your long term goals for finances, health, etc.

Figure out what you need to do daily/weekly and then write down those things and keep them where you will be able to see them. Maybe look at them each morning and evening, and check of those things you’ve done.

After a while, those things should become second nature and you won’t need to keep the list any more, you’ll automatically remember that “once a week you need to…” and on “tues and thurs you need to ….” etc. I think it takes about 3 weeks for things to become habbit, so be patient with yourself.

And yeah, writing things down should help a lot.

As many have said, make a list and write it down. However, nothing says you have to do them in order. If you see a block of time free up, look at your list and see if you can fit it into that time block. It doesn’t matter if it is way before your deadline, it becomes a task done which you do not have to worry about later.

For example, one day when I was doing a variety of errands, I found that I was home an hour before my son would arrive home. What did I do? I took a nice luxurious bath while listening to Billy Holiday music. Hmmm…one way to implement self-care, for me at least. lol.

But I do understand your dilemma, I tend to get obsessive compulsive when it comes to particular tasks (e.g. school, work, research, World of Warcraft :) ), and I also do not find difficulty multi-tasking on tasks related to the major task. It really requires being attentive and self aware, on a daily basis, to accomplish what you’re talking about.

I believe you’ve gotten some good suggestions here, and I would like to add something that I find effective when dealing with task lists. while you are categorizing your tasks by category A, B or C, try also jotting down a benefit of completing that task. If it’s a mundane sort of thing (like attending to finances) and there is no immediate rush of “feeling good” once it’s done, then create a self prescribed reward for completing it, such as jotting down that you will buy yourself something unneccesary or indulge in a movie or some other sort of downtime. Ohters may have their own benefit such as cooking a healthy meal allows you splurge a little more on desert or wine. I think most people will find it very rewarding to pursue the mundane tasks once they are assigned a tangible worth. Don’t cheat yourself on this, ever. Cheating yourself once will rob it’s value and make it ineffective.

Thanks ireland; and that’s not bad grammer where I come from haha