I have always been a haphazard person, full of escapism. If I worked on a document halfway, I’d quickly switch to another…and so, by day end, I wouldn’t have much to celebrate. I’d have two incomplete pieces of work, and then the next day, my to-do list would look longer. This doesn’t feed one’s soul. In fact it can be quite depressing.

Learnings

One concept (which wasn’t necessarily on the agenda) that I learnt during the workshop is that muilti-skilling doesn’t necessarily increase our efficiency. Of course, as women we were raised to multiskill…to phone the plumber (mobile phone supported by shoulder), & feed the baby while you mind the pot, and also watch over the two toddlers playing in the garden, and your rollers are still on, while the clothes are soaking because in an hour’s time you have to hang them dry, before the visitors arrive for lunch!

And then it was Sally’s gentle reminders, to ‘…work on your movies guys, and only your movie. No goggling and replying to emails in between…or else…(then she laughs)’ that has changed me. 
& Sally if you had not said this... One movie would probably have lasted only 76 seconds - :)

Focus + Discipline. This is a principle that I’ve learnt to abide by, and I think it works better. There is so much joy & satisfaction in focusing on a piece of work (however taxing) and getting through with it, and then ticking your to do list, and giving yourself an incentive of completion, refreshing, and then moving on to the next item.

Yes…I agree with Caren…blogging is quite fun and even interests me more than emailing & Ccing. It is an open space…a free space that is more inclusive. Somehow, I continue to feel everybody’s presence in my life / or is it in my head?  

Talent