As part of my effort to be more purposeful and less scattered with my time and energy, I've been working to stay with tasks until they are finished.
In addition to the sense of accomplishment when each thing is finished, there are fewer things being stuffed into the closet of things to do, which become a source of anxiety and stress.
Perhaps most importantly, this discipline begins to reveal the decisions and trade-offs inherent in life. Do I do this, or that? If I choose, I can accomplish one or the other. If I fail to choose, I may start both and leave both unfinished.
I learn more about how much time it takes to do a thing. I learn that it takes little time to wash a few dishes, dry them and put them away. Seldom am I so hurried that I have to leave them. In fact, almost never.
The better I get at focusing on one thing and finishing it, and the better I get about matching tasks to time, the more I can accomplish. I can get a lot done in the little spots of 5 minutes here, 10 minutes there, rather than wasting the time because it doesn't seem like enough.
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