Books…purchased, notebooks…purchased, syllabi…downloaded, folders, pens and other supplies…obtained, mind in gear…getting there! Classes began this week indicating the end of the summer and the beginning of the last year of my Master’s program, next week I begin my internship at the VA in Washington DC. In the mean time the readings have begun and I feel like my brain has been asked to go from 10 to 120 in about 2 seconds. The school year is not yet at its most hectic but I am beginning to look forward to the time of the year when everything will become very busy and I will be pulled in many directions and multi-task as if my life depended upon it. With the knowledge that this is on the horizon, I listened intently the other day to a segment on NPR in DC as they discussed a study that provided evidence showing that people who think they are good multi-taskers, are generally the worst multi-taskers. In addition it provided evidence that multi-tasking actually decreases our ability to focus on one thing in a sustained manner and that some of our cognitive skills are diminished from over multi-tasking. So I will do my best to reduce the amount of time I spend multi-tasking this year, maybe I’ll start right now by turning the stereo off!

I will leave you with this quote which thinkexist.com credits as anonymous – “Multi-tasking – screwing everything up simultaneously”

Good luck to everyone in the upcoming school year and I look forward to sharing my insights and thoughts, struggles, joy and successes with you this year.

Peace!