Duvet2Desk by TPG

The Reminder I have decided to post a difficult blog, I have recently found out about the very sudden passing of dear friend from high school. This passing has hurt; but even more reminded me of my own mortality. (Which for all of us, is a very difficult and hard issue to discuss or contemplate.)   I know I am always talking about personal and professional development, learning to co-exist in your private life and work life. But like I have said before, there are times when work needs me and when family needs me. I just need to be sure that my "work needs" are actually needs and not just work "wants." By this is mean, I need to be sure to love my family (especially my precious daughter) and enjoy ever moment with them, because we really never know when it will be our last.   With that Anna thank you for the reminder again and your beautiful life. But better yet, thank you for the memories ; the lessons we learned, the tears we shared , the ridiculo

Duvet to Desk: By The Professional Gal Multitasking, Are You Serious?! So many times I hear from people, “I am great multitasker.” Or I hear the “I can get so much done at one time.” But can we really multitask? Are our brains really capable of functioning at a level where the brain can compete two critical thinking processes at a single moment in time? I do not believe so. (Now you know what I am secretly thinking when someone tells me they are a great multitasker.) Therefore, if the task requires any conscious thought, than another task requiring conscious thought cannot be completed at that same moment. Further, if you are not thinking about the task, and that task is being cometed, then the task is being completed unconsciously (this begs a whole another argument, how much do we do unconsciously…Driving...?). F or any critical thinking task, your brain operates as a single runway airport. Meaning only one plane can land or take-off at a single point in time. Or one task