i get asked this quite a bit. how do i get so much done? i wish there was an easy answer. some magic pill that i could recommend. some grand solution to fitting so much in … in so little time. but i don't.
i'm a multi-tasker. one of the biggest multi-taskers that you'd ever meet. one of alyssa's teachers told them that there was no such thing as multi-tasking … and i said "then he's never met me". lol! i can literally do about 18 things at one time. and i'm like that from morning until night … seven days a week. i actually thrive on having too much to do .. and not a lot of time to do it in. i don't LIKE it necessarily … but i tend to do my best when i have a lot going on. now mind you … i gripe about it the entire time. i will complain left and right about all the stuff that poor-little-me has to do.
i also have my "zone". and when i get into my creative zone … there's no stopping. i get going on projects or assignments … and a lot of times, it gets me so inspired that i start new projects along the way. that creative rush is a good thing … and i always feel like i have to take advantage of it when it comes. because once i slow down … it's hard to get it started again. like right now. i just spend the past 2 weeks doing sooooo much stuff … more than i've even shared about. i had numerous projects for 5 entirely different things going at once. and as of tonight … all that stuff is done and taken care of … and my desk is clean. so i'm free to do whatever i want for now. and guess what? i have NO idea where to start or what to do. see, i got out of the zone for all of 1 day … and now it's going to take me forever to get back into it.
i also have a mind that never shuts down. it never stops thinking … it's never quiet. there are always 37 different things going through my mind at any given time. that is NOT a good thing … trust me. there are days where i wish i could just chill … just do nothing. but my mind … it's going and going … thinking and thinking. i go to bed with ideas and things-t0-do running through my head. drive me crazy.
i will admit that multi-tasking really has it's downfalls though. sure, i get a lot done. but i think sometimes that i have SO much going on … that things don't always get the attention they deserve. you can do 18 things at once … but that doesn't mean that all 18 things will be done in the best way. kwim? for the most part, i can do bunches of stuff at once … and still pay attention to everything and everyone around me. but i do have my moments when i get so caught up in something … that i retreat into my "zone" and can't be bothered. lol!
and no, i don't sleep all that much. i get asked that a lot too. lol! i think i'm lucky if i get 6 hours of sleep a night. not that i scrap at night … because i really don't. i just fit it into little pockets of time throughout the rest of the day. i work at home (daycare, in case you didn't know that part) … and am pretty busy taking care of kids, wiping noses and tushies, feeding and comforting, yada yada. so i can have stuff out for those free little moments of time. i do "this" while the kids are eating … do "that" while they're playing nicely together. do "this" and "that" while they're napping. i really get a lot done in small amounts of time … just here and there. and it does help that my girls are older and can sort of fend for themselves. when we have our downtime in the evenings … me and the girls hang out upstairs together. they're doing their thing … and i do my thing. side by side.
i'm not even sure if that all made sense … or if i left you all thinking i'm just plain crazy. lol! i was seriously trying to stay focused as i typed that up … and to get my thoughts out in the same way as i was thinking them. then again … by now you'd know that i also have about 36 OTHER things going through my head right now. lol! and for anyone that's a long time reader of my blog … remember those "random" posts i used to do all the time? where i would spew forth anything that was going through my head? yeah, i think this post qualified as one of those!
Laura Vegas 
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