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August 18, 2009

Tackled- Step to better work/home balance

Tackle It Tuesday Meme

: Image by ulterior epicure via Flickr

It has been six weeks since the new school term started. Things are shaping up on both the home front and workplace. After trying out various to-do-list strategies and prioritising the items on my schedule. I have come up of a more efficient way of getting my daily chores, task done.

The trick for me is to do away with

PROCASTINATING

It has been my biggest time waster and energy sapper. Through trial and error I have learned the importance of having a to-do-list and being flexible at the same time. Like the 5 different flavours of ice-cream in the plate above. How things line up and how they are reflected in our eyes depends on the strategies and approaches we take each day.

To constantly fret and do nothing will not reduce the growing mountain of clothes on the sofa or the piles of papers on my work desk which has to be marked.

What I have tried and worked are

Setting a list of 5-10 things to do per day.
Working off the list based on the amount of energy I have for doing each task at that particular time of the day.
Spending 5-10 minutes in between task to rest/zone off/ indulge in Facebook Games.

I have learned not too be too strict with myself about completing everything on the list. If I do get 60% to 70% done is good enough. Sometimes it is just impossible to complete everything that one sets out to do.

You will just have to try to make up for it the next day or so.

Today I tackled the following this afternoon.

– marking 2 stacks of papers

– weekly grocery shopping

– doing the laundry and ironing (60% done)

– writing this blog post

– cooking dinner

What have you tackled today?

August 14, 2009

My Internet Savvy Toddler

Dominique Thoughts Internet ready kid, PC savy

Roy has caught a very potent bug. The internet bug!! Here is him being comfy on the king size bed that we had at Ritz Carlton during the National Day weekend. He had hijacked my laptop while I was working on some articles. While I was not looking he immediately took over the mouse and click onto the games that had been pre-installed in the PC.

If you are wondering he is playing a cooking game whereby he has to coordinate the different processes required in baking and decorating a cake before it can be ready for delivery. He has always been interested in learning how to bake and cook since watching me bake cookies, cakes and other pastries in our kitchen.

Roy has learned how to work a mouse since he was 2yrs old. I have been playing online stories, phonic games and other interactive educational games. Most kids nowadays are more incline to highly interactive and colourful programs.

Roy at 2.5yr old is a highly visual and auditory learner. Using the traditional board and chalk talk would not be very effective for him. With the advances in multimedia and creation of many different child centred websites it has changed the way lessons can be conducted.

I find that he absorbs knowledge more rapidly now and is even able to navigate independently online. His favourite catchline now is ” mummy type for me www.thomasthetrain .com”