Sometimes, it's not your method of organization (or lack thereof) that is preventing the return of sanity Click for more!

We've all done it, browsing the internet while you're at work. Some of us have done it a little, some of us have done it a LOT. I'm probably in the middle... the worst for me is that a lot of the things I do at my desk require waiting at times for longer than I'm patient enough to wait. It's far easier to read a quick article somewhere than try to work on two or three projects at once. (I know this sounds dumb, but in programmer terms, think of trying to write three essays, one in French, one in German, and one in Mandarin... It's tough to switch gears.)

It's been a busy busy month for me - I helped organize a Datatel users conference, went live on a new version of our HR/Payroll system, and I've been working on a large number of medium size projects for Admissions, so I haven't been able to keep up with the blog at all. But the conference is over, the HR/Payroll system is live, so I'm beginning to breath a little again.

This is just another article that rings very true to me about the pitfalls of multi-tasking. The idea that stuck with me is the notion of the multi-task zone out that you get when an email comes in while you're doing something else, particularly talking with someone on the phone or in person. Suddenly your mind is not on the conversation any more as your brain tries to process the email.