{"id":15897,"date":"2013-06-07T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=15897"},"modified":"2013-06-06T12:37:47","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T18:37:47","slug":"organizing-your-work-routine-so-you-can-shepherd-the-chickens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/organizing-your-work-routine-so-you-can-shepherd-the-chickens\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizing Your Work Routine So You Can Shepherd the Chickens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I understand<\/strong> that multi-tasking, the way it has been advertised, is really a myth. A brain and its attached body have limits. \u00a0However, the organization and subsequent flow of tasks can have a large impact on how effectively time is used. \u00a0It doesn&#8217;t mean that a person has to be constantly rushing around, trying to fill every moment with productive activity. \u00a0It just means that a little thought about coordination can go a long way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take<\/strong> chicken shepherding, for example. \u00a0I have explained <a href=\"http:\/\/mydbsupply.com\/blog\/how-to-herd-chickens\/\" target=\"_blank\">why I shepherd my chickens some each day<\/a>, but I don&#8217;t want to just sit out in the chicken pen every time, as relaxing as that can be. \u00a0Sure, I take some time to pet them if they will let me, but a person can only look a chicken in the eye for so long, then it&#8217;s time to do something else!<\/p>\n<p><strong>I am<\/strong> used to using this same mental process when I think about taking kids to soccer practice or music lessons; or when I&#8217;m planning my attack on chores for the day. \u00a0How can I make use of my location and traffic patterns? If I need to carry clean laundry downstairs, what item from the pantry was it that I needed to restock? If I have to be sitting and waiting at soccer practice, is it a good time for a run or should I update the check book? What dirty tasks can I do all in a row, so that I don&#8217;t have to wash my hands so often?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is<\/strong> my current list of options while I am guarding my chickens in their large open pen:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>weed<\/li>\n<li>water pots<\/li>\n<li>hand sewing or mending<\/li>\n<li>menu planning<\/li>\n<li>study discussions with child still taught at home or students debriefing from college<\/li>\n<li>trim my finger nails<\/li>\n<li>update the check book<\/li>\n<li>work on schedule management<\/li>\n<li>write<\/li>\n<li>wash the car<\/li>\n<li>write<\/li>\n<li>return phone calls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>With this list<\/strong>, I can consider on any given day what to do while chicken shepherding. \u00a0It makes that part of the day both more organized and relaxed. \u00a0And the chickens are more likely to get out because it is not a strain to fit it in. I guess that makes me &#8220;The Organized Chicken Shepherd.&#8221; \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15901\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15901\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/organized-chicken-shepherd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15901\" title=\"looking chickens in the eye while herding them\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/organized-chicken-shepherd-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"looking chickens in the eye while herding them\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/organized-chicken-shepherd-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/organized-chicken-shepherd-1024x609.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">looking chickens in the eye while herding them<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I understand that multi-tasking, the way it has been advertised, is really a myth. A brain and its attached body have limits. \u00a0However, the organization and subsequent flow of tasks can have a large impact on how effectively time is used. \u00a0It doesn&#8217;t mean that a person has to be constantly rushing around, trying to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,19],"tags":[50,40],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15897"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}