5 best multi tasking techniques for you at house

 

Having so much work to do in a short time can be very stressful, especially if they all need to be done within a short while.

If you are not careful, or if you are impatient, you might loose your cool, and end up not completing any task, and trust me procrastination would only pile up your to do list, so it’s better to face them head on.

If you are facing this kind of situation, trust me its normal, I even get stuck in such situation every now and then, but some people are constantly facing this every day.

Be you a student, a parent, a business person, or even an office worker you must have been faced with the challenge of multi-duty,

I know there are lots of multitasking tips all over the internet, but I have compiled a list of practical tips that would help you smash that long list of things to be done, so next time you’ll know how to get off that sticky situation

1. To do list technique

 

Writing a to do list, brings the list of duties to paper, in order to utilize this technique, there are two ways you should write your to do list

*Highest to least to do list format

In this kind of list, all duties are written in the highest to least format

I.e. most necessary to least necessary

Most difficult to least difficult

Most time consuming to least time consuming

This method makes it easier to smash the list, by starting with most difficult things, you won’t find it stressful doing the less difficult ones later, considering the fact that they won’t take your time and energy unlike the hardest tasks.

*Least to Highest to do list format

This format is the direct opposite of the highest to least format

This technique gives you a least approach to your duty, you start with the least time consuming or the least difficult to the most.

This method lets you warm up before the most duties, I also call this a lazy approach, and you are most likely to get tired before finishing your duties, but you can smash all duties, if you are determined to, and what excellent work doesn’t require determination?

2. One place at a time approach

This usually works for me, and trust me it can work for you too.

Imagine you living in a 3 bedroom flat apartment, and you just organized a party, leaving the whole apartment scattered,

and you need to tidy the whole place, using this technique means you would clear the apartment one room after the other.

Using the most to least technique, you would do handle all room but no room at a time.

 The one place at a time approach doesn’t allow you to leave the room until you are done cleaning the room.

You can probably start with mopping the floor then you tidy the bed, or vice-versa, whichever one you choose, using this technique you are not allowed to leave the room until you are done,

 and then you move to the next room and do the same.

 

3. Combination technique

 

 

This technique allows you combine two tasks together, and doing them together,

For example you might be scrubbing the floor while you are listening to a podcast, or preparing a meal that takes time to steam.

While using this technique, it’s advisable to combine `two things that are not related, like scrubbing the floor and listening to a podcast, not scrubbing the floor and clearing the bed.

Using this technique you might also create a to do list, listing all the tasks you need to do, then in a tabular form, separate the tasks, so as to know which tasks that can be combined

4. Timing technique

 

This technique allows you to assign each task to a different time, it’s more or less like having a time table, you can give yourself 30 to each task, and that means within 2 hours, 4 tasks would be completed.

This technique is more or less like one place at a time approach, just that you are working under time constraints, and it doesn’t allow you to move to the next task without completing one.

With this technique you can determine how many tasks you are likely to complete within a stipulated time.

5. Ask for help

 

 

There is no crime asking for help every once in a while.

After your house party, you can call one of your friend and ask for their help, to tidy the apartment, that way the job is done faster, and can even be done in a fun way.

Though I used a home settings for this multitasking techniques, you can use them in office, schools, and any other place you need multitasking help.