Thanks for the insightful comment. Making time to relax is very important along with recognizing your accomplishments (nothing is more fitting for a celebration than ice cream). Sometimes it is easy to be so goal-oriented that you forget about enjoying yourself along the way or congratulating yourself for a job well done.

As for being in flow, it is truly wonderful when you are in the zone but with all things there needs to be a balance. When you experience long periods of flow, I believe it’s good to have long periods of rest as well to recharge your batteries.

Thank you for your email Stefan and inspiring me to write this article.

We can’t wait “until there is time”. We have to take time to do things we want to do. Otherwise we suddenly find that we are near the end, and we didn’t do the things we wanted in life. That is something I really learned from seeing the movie “The Bucket List”. I can highly recommend you to see it.

Single-tasking works best for me too. I think it is because it takes time to refocus on another task, and when done to refocus on what you did first. I am not sure if this is a male thing, since women are usually very good at multi-tasking.

I try to find the flow in doing things, where I can really enjoy it. When I am in the flow, suddenly my stomach reminds me that I need to eat, and that sometimes irritates me, because I have to interrupt the flow. It would be so nice to stay in flow forever, if you know what I mean.

Uncommitted time lets you be more flexible, which is really great when things take longer than expected. (When don’t they?) But I have found that it is very useful for – relaxing! Sometimes you need time to do nothing, to go for a walk around the block, or something else where you can recharge your energy.

I also use Lorna’s tips to have a list, where you tick off when you have finished a task. (Thanks for sharing, Lorna!) I draw a line across the entire task. To me it gives a lot of satisfaction to see this. This makes me see my progress. There is a lot of satisfaction in seeing lines across all your tasks. I usually celebrate that with an icecream.

I wish you lots of joy with your book. I look forward to reading it!

Great tip Lorna – checklists are great motivators and it is very satisfying to check things off the list. Your insight on looking back at what you accomplish is very helpful especially when you begin to fel discouraged. Thank you for your comment.