Happy Single Tasking Day

In honor of April 2 Single Tasking Day here is a list of tasks sure to take a minute and slow your roll, while really boosting your ability to go forward with renewed speed and efficiency.

On April 2 you should

1. run a complete virus scan
2. remove unused programs
3. do a disk cleanup
4. run all of the updates you have been putting off followed by a complete restart
5. defrag your hard drive
6. open windows explorer and arrange all of the files into folders that make sense
7. do a complete backup of your system

In case you are not yet on the second of the month single tasking day bandwagon, you may want to check out this post from Feb 2, Groundhog's day and the first official single tasking day.

• The E Teacher: Multitasking is not always a good thing: "The main thing is keeping the main thing the main thing. -- German 

Multitasking is not always a good thing

The main thing is keeping the main thing the main thing.
-- German Proverb


Have you ever noticed how quickly we turn to multitasking as our excuse for not giving our full attention to any one detail?  I have noticed that multitasking is not personally synonymous with bettertasking. Since when did a multitude of I'm-working-on-its become more valid that 2 I-completed-its and 75 waiting in the queque?

From the article

It’s Official – Multitasking Dumbs Down the Brain

How to Be Smarter and Happier: Pay Attention!

I humbly submit that the second day of each month be declared "One at a time" day and we commit to single-tasking with verve!  Let us chew our food before we swallow. Let us put down the keyboard while we answer the phone. Let Laundry be done with intent and purposed rather than hurry and disdain (de-stain?). Let us prioritize and work one bit at a time until completion is accomplished.


Let us be like the ground hog before he got famous and just look out and ponder the existence of our own shadow.