don't tweeze and drive

I'll admit it.  Sometimes when I'm driving, if I glance in the rear view mirror and see a stray piece of eyebrow that needs to come out, I'll reach for my tweezers in my purse and start plucking.  It only takes a moment for me to shimmy myself up in my driver's seat and get as close to the mirror as I can and, with one eye on the road and the other definitely somewhere else, take care of those stray hairs that are ruining my look.

I always see it as getting two things done at once....driving and beautifying.

Works for me.

But I'm sure it's putting others at risk.

Which brings me to the word "multitask". 

Wouldn't it be great if either: a) my life were simple and uncluttered enough that I never had to do more than one thing at once or b) I had so much time in my day that I never had to double or triple up on tasks- I could do and focus on one at a time.

Are we better because we can and do multitask?  Or are we worse off because instead of giving one project (yes, tweezing is a project to me) 100% of our attention at one time we give two or more 50% or less?

I'm not sure there's a definitive answer, or will ever be one.  And the answer may change depending upon the situation we find ourselves in.

But I know for sure that when I tweeze and drive, there's no way I can pay full attention to either task.  This is surely a no-no for my face and for traffic.

I need to remember what's important.  What needs my full attention.  In the age of needing/wanting/trying to do many things at once, I'm still not sure that's how God designed any of us to be. 

What say you?

2 comments:

  1. I think I'm with you Beth – for many, many years I thought that we've been going faster and faster – and one day will not be able to keep up. It's like when you were a kid and you would hold on to someone else's bike and run alongside – but soon your feet would be moving too fast and – well – things didn't work out – and you found you weren't actually capable of going as fast as the bike was taking you. Kind of like that. Still – you women – especially moms – can multitask so much better than the best of us men. Bless you Beth. I hearted this. Back to driving now - just kidding :)

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  2. Thanks for the insight Craig, and the comment. I appreciate it! Stay safe on the highway!

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