Confession #2
17 January 2013
Opah!--Broken Plates


THE PLATES:
Children: Noah(18), Aidan(17), Olivia(15), and Gabe(11).
Work: GPA, ASC, and Snap Fitness.
School: SUU, comm major, grad school hopeful.
Home: Bills, meals, cleaning, repair, providing,etc.


I can not spin all of the plates at one time. My boss once quoted an article saying, "It is impossible to multitask." He went on explaining how it is humanly impossible to multitask and that when you think you are , you are really bouncing back and forth from many things, but not doing them all at the same time. I can not be everything to everyone. I can only do my best with the time given to me.

It is my responsibility to prioritize spinning my "plates". Sometimes I will let one almost fall before I get them spinning again for the sake of saving another. I have dropped some, some I have glued back together and started spinning again, and some I just keep spinning. That is key: to know which plates to keep spinning. Do I glue back together ones that have broken and start spinning them again? If I have let them fall, are they really worth my time? This is something I am going to meditate on because I have glued plates together and tried to spin them again. Is that efficient? I don't think so. Hmmm? With my load, I should shout "Opah!" after dropping a plate!