Has the current pandemic forced us to compartmentalise even more?
Look at your to-do list, admit it, you've ticked a lot of boxes...The weekend arrived and at last I allowed myself to switch off and get out. To the bookshop that is. One hour later and armful of new fictional titles (and a couple of non-fiction Harvard Business Review reference books) and I was ready for the next task at hand. What I did observe was looking back on the week, I had planned for this little excursion even though I didn't schedule it in my calendar. I just knew it would happen. As did the 5km walk, the one hour writing sprint, this blog post, and scheduling time in the upcoming week for more box ticking activities. Whilst being forced in a state of confinement, subliminally we've been coaching our time managing skills and we've also been honing in on what it means to be in your own thoughts one at a time.Ask yourself, how many lists or tasks or activities did you secretly wish to achieve or even just start in this pandemic world? Like in my previous observations, I've done a lot. But when I read around the net, when the numerous news articles pop into my in box, when insta pages turn into doin pages, it seems so has everyone elseCompartmentalisation allows you to free your mind to other experiencesA great blog post I'd like to re-share outlines how strategies around outlining definitive areas of life and work can actually allow you to focus more and in these trying times, when we have the most time, but are we still feeling overwhelmed? Can it be because we want to do so much but find ourselves stopping and starting without finishing anything, or thinking about starting and never really beginning in the first place?https://www.bustle.com/p/11-successful-women-on-how-they-compartmentalize-8380044Another post Ive read encourages compartmentalisation to save on stress. What I have observed, is that even though I feel I've spent less time with family and friends connecting, the time we have communicated has been quality time. So, this also raises the notion of quality verses quantity...'This means you get more work done in less time and this allows you to spend more time with the people you want to spend more time with, doing the things you want to spend more time doing.'https://www.lifehack.org/789803/how-to-compartmentalize-time