Can't Get Anything Done

[Guest guest]

Greetings~~

I was talking last night to some people at church. I have some

problems getting things done, but I have to walk a dog twice a day, work

part-time for my church, clean a two-story house (ok that does not get done

regularly-too exhausting-and takes too long), wash clothes, feed a husband,

attend some church classes, walk myself once a day when the weather is good.

I think I have a lot to do!! Yet I have that feeling, too. I have been

writing my church's history for two years now. I have gotten a lot done, but

life keeps interrupting and when I have the chance, I have to try to figure

out where I left out.

I know some of it is my age. . . . 52 is approaching. Some of it

could be Chiari. I'm thankful for our resident neuroscience putting in her

two cents' worth. I suspect that we have brain damage on a cellular level

from Chiari. I know I cannot process a lot of commotion. I love it when I am

at home alone. While sometimes I can listen to music and work, other times I

cannot think with it on. (I am a writer, so thinking is a must!) I have

tried to explain to my husband who has developed the habit of humming (no

melody, just noise) constantly how that drives me nuts with the television

or radio on, with appliances humming and my ears ringing. I get sensory

overload. How could I possibly get anything done with that commotion?

However, I pose something else that has nothing to do with

Chiari. I think we can blame some of it on technology. I don't own a

Blackberry and have no desire to, considering how I am with the computer. I

have read that multitasking, especially on the computer is bad for people's

memories. Instead of improving memory, it makes it worse. It also is a great

time vacuum. I know it is part of my problem and some days I won't turn it

on until I have done some housework, etc. The problem is that I need it to

work and to stay connected with friends and relatives.

Suzanne Hill

ACM I

Decompressed 1998