Multi-tasking: The Key to the Crown and Scepter

The ability to multi-task is definitely key to maintaining my status as a Queen Bee. Throughout my day at work, I manage to fulfill my job responsibilities, while:

• Keeping updated on the world by listening to NPR on my computer, thereby insuring that I am able to speak intelligently about current events;
• Keep track of my 3 email accounts - so I don't miss any great gossip, or last minute meetings, or long lost friends;
• Blog - which helps clear the cobwebs and get thoughts somewhere other than the cramped space in my head;
• Telephone calls and texting - to manage my family's affairs and keep in touch with those unfettered by cubicles
• Browsing the internet - this is how I used to shop, but is also how I schedule my sessions at Dream Dinners, keep our accounts current (virtually all our bills are paid electronically), and find out about up and coming trends.

Some environments are more suited for multi-tasking than others. For instance, Fellow Queen Bees, when you have small children, it is much more difficult to do ANY and EVERYTHING while you are also supposed to be paying attention to them. Children and their bones can be very unforgiving. Husbands are also notoriously opinionated about how you spend your time while with them...that is, when they are not busy themselves...then it really doesn't matter what you're doing as long as you aren't bothering them.

Furthermore Queen Bees, some tasks are better left for home. Just today I had to call someone in the office for printing emails from her daughters which showed them scantily clad in bikinis remarking on the size of each other's "boobs" and whether they were proportional to the size of their brains. I politely asked her to refrain from printing that sort of thing at work...on a shared printer no less...Based on the pallor of her face as she left my office, I am sure it won't be a problem in the future. Last, but not least, internet firewalls at work have often prevented me from clearing certain tasks off my "to-do" list. Some of these tasks have to be stopped all together because I can't do them at work, and they require too much attention to do at home. Sometimes, knowing when to say "no" is a Super power unto itself...