On Multi-tasking

I think there's a distinct difference between having a lot of irons in the fire and multi-tasking.  I want to be 100% clear.  No one that is exceedingly successful admits to multi-tasking.  Why?  Because multi-tasking 4 different things simultaneously means nothing gets your full attention.  You can't iron your clothes, make pancakes, talk on the phone, and type an email at the same time.  No one can.  Likewise, you can't email, debug software, participate in a conference call, and document an upcoming release simultaneously either.  Set time limits.  Give each item your full attention.  Do the best within the preset amount of time and call it done.  Next time you'll know to give something more time or focus harder.  Follow this plan and you can have 30 irons in the fire... not just 4!  That's said, today I am grateful for:

• So many irons:
  
• pregancy, marriage, old family ties, new friends
  
• glogeffect, rapid report, smart support, boston, richardson, burlington
• new ideas, old ideas
• my office, the yard, the house, house hunting
  
• Trivial problems
• Jazz - more importantly: appreciating many types of music
• Hobo and Ruby on Rails
• An hour long conversation with my dad.
• Not having anything really deep or complicated
• You

H.H.