Multitasking woman!
By humairaku
@humairaku (2038)
Indonesia
March 3, 2012 10:56am CST
Some people said that women are weak creatures. For those who said this, they should watch what have I done one day. I started my day at 6am. I should prepare my daughter to go to school. I sometimes cook for breakfast but sometimes not. But I always do some house chores, such as wash dishes or make up the bed. Even if the time is enough, I do my laundry. Then I prepare myself to go to work. I teach in an Elementary school near my house. I pick my daughter up at about 10.30am. Arriving at home, I cook for lunch, give my daughter milk or snack, serve her whatever she wants while doing house chores or cooking. After take a rest for a while, I prepare myself to go to work again at 2.30pm. I teach in an education institution. It's an informal education institution. I usually go home at 7pm. My daughter will annoy me before she goes to sleep about at 9pm. Maybe because she is missing me. Sometimes I don't go to sleep directly cos I need to serve my daughter and my husband for their dinner. Again, I cook. I often finish my activity at 11pm. I still have homework from my school or institution to do. What a busy mommy. How about you? :)
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@stary1 (6612)
• United States
3 Mar 12
]humairaku ..I have always maintained women multi-tak much better than men. I think it goes back to the cave man days ....men just had to hunt while women had to make sure the fire didn't go out while taking care of the kids and cooking...all at the same time[em]rofl[/em
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
3 Mar 12
you're right that women are better in doing multiple jobs at once. based on the research I ever read that women are able to talk to people on the phone while cooking. they can do some jobs at same time. men can't do this. maybe it's gift from God that women are prepared/created by God to serve and take care of her family. but they are also able to do some jobs as well as men do, while she is also good in doing woman's jobs such as cooking or ironing. I like your proverb that men should hunt and woman should stay at home taking care of family..
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
12 Mar 12
yeah, now both man and woman become hunters. when a husband asks his wife to just stay at home, woman will replies that the man doesn't respect woman's right. today women want to have same opportunity as men, not only in family but also in job world. almost all omen don't want to be just a housewife; cooking, preparing children for school, cleaning the house and other house chores, while waiting for her children and husband arrive home. today, the chores are divided equally between husband and wife cos the wife also has a job. she goes home as late as the husband. children are raising by a nanny. yeah, everything has changed today..u_u
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
8 Mar 12
Well, I don't work outside the house and haven't worked outside the house since my son was born in 2006. However, I still find that as a woman it is more multitasking than I see my husband ever have to do. You know during the day I have to keep my son occupied while also taking care of the household chores and cooking. Then when my daughter gets home from school, I have to keep Paul occupied while also helping Kathryn with her homework and also making sure that I have food to put on the table for dinner.
Honestly, I think that women are superior to men to a certain degree.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
2 Apr 12
Hi Doran..! I think we're similar in this case, the only difference is that you dont work outside but I do. You have two children but I have one. But I'm sure that both of us are very busy woman everyday. Even sometimes I should bring my daughter to work cos nobody takes care of her at home. She is still in Kindergarten. She goes home from school at 10 while I'm still teaching at that time. So I take her to ny school after I pick her up, being with me during I'm teaching. It's sometimes hard cos my students are often naughty and difficult to organize while my daughter is very demanding also. I should divide my focus into two fields, and it's hard sometimes. But I try to enjoy it cos from now on I dont have many choices..:)
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
25 Mar 12
thanks for saying like that to me though i don't think that i have been a good mother and wife so far. i just try to do my best. as a very ordinary human, sometimes I feel so tired and get depressed doing all of these. but then i realize that they are my responsibility. i realized that when i decided to be a wife and a mother not longer after my marriage, i knew that i should face all of these tasks. it could pump up my motivation again to do all of my responsibilities. you know what, when someone decides to get married, she/he should realize that a sacrifice is needed, especially for time. we won't have time for ourselves cos our time will be dedicated to our family. it's hard to do but it is worth..:)
@laniekins (4579)
• Philippines
7 Mar 12
I agree, we may not be physically strong but we are very multi-tasking. I am at work, I try to balance which is urgent and which is not so. There are times that my boss have multiple errand to me that makes me dizzy what to do first. But I still manage to do it. Woman are empowered, intelligent and strong specially those moms.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
28 Mar 12
i ever read an article that women can do some tasks in same times such as talking to someone while cooking or else. and this kind of thing cant be done by men. so it's not wondering that women could do multi tasking better than men. just like what you said dear friend that you practice multi tasking when your boss asks you many tasks in same time. thank God we're women so we can do this well..lol..
@Dominique25 (9464)
• United States
5 Mar 12
I really think multitasking is a must. I know I wouldn't get anything done if I didn't multitask. Uusually while I'm waiting for my work and other things on my computer to load I'm straightening up around the house and doing chores. There's always something that needs done around the house. And I'm the only one who usually does it. So it's a lot of work that needs to be done. Right now I'm trying laundry. About to do another load that will be ready for tomorrow. I've also just got the dishes done while I was loading my computer. There are many things that we as women have to get done in a day to keep our household going.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
27 Mar 12
yeah..you're right that there are so many things to be done around our house even we can't finish doing them till the end of the day. especially for all activities related with wardrobe. I can't do ironing everyday so I always have clothes to iron. I never be able to finish ironing during a day for example on Sunday cos I always have another activity to do, such as having picnic, attending friend's wedding or just visiting my mother. I often have plan to finish ironing all my clothes on one Sunday but it never works while I only have one holiday in a week. I can wash clothes three or twice a week but I can't do ironing like washing clothes. so yeah, there's always thing to be done at home. It never be done and it wouldn't stop. but it makes our life useful, rite? LOL.
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@Dominique25 (9464)
• United States
26 May 12
I'm so thankful that I don't have to worry about ironing. As I can see how that would be a lot of work to have to do daily. Our clothes are pretty wrinkle free and so that makes one less thing for me to have to worry about. I'm trying to work out a more flexible schedule and to be more organized with my housework. I was thinking I would really like it for my house to be organized and in order everyday. It's a hard thing to do but I'm going to keep working at it.
@crazzydolphin (3636)
• United States
3 Mar 12
i do not work but your life sounds like mine...
i usually start my day at about 5:30 or 6:00 am to get my husband up to go to work. by the time he gets up my kids are usually awake and we have to do baths and get them fed all this before 8:00 am. then we have to get to my grandmas who is elderly and needs a lot of things done for her which is not easy because my kids do not listen very well and it makes everything very hard. Once we get there i either have to take her to a store or a doctors appt. at the doctors i have to push her in a wheel chair (with the kids running around wild) and at a store or something i have to go in and get the riding carts. after all that is said and done and we are back at her house i have to stay for a while doing household things (feed and let the dog out dishes fix her lunch find her clothes start them clean off all her tables to make sure she can reach everything and also get her her ice for her dry mouth plus there is more..) this is all while she is catching her breath (shes on oxygen) and while shes yelling at my kids who will not sit down and are getting into things. by the time im done with all that i get home and its time for my husband to get home 2 or 3 nights a week he walks in the door and i have to walk out it to go back over there and stay up until 1-2 doing the saem things. if i dont have to go over there we have to have dinner and i bathe the kids and then fight for bed time (my oldest hates to sleep) and thats all done at about 1-2 am but sometimes later than that. i feel i am not there for my family enough and i am unable to do things around the house that need to b done..Talk about a busy mommy lol :)
@meljessxena (2315)
• Australia
3 Mar 12
i dont think women are weak and thats really horrible that some people can think that. i also dont think that men are weak. we may do different jobs to what men do but we still do our fair share. my husband works full time and then finds it hard to do other jobs because he working all the time. where as i have 2 children (im currently on leave from work having my second child and go back in 3 wks). my 2 children are to young for actual school to get homework etc butwhen i go back to work im only working 2 days a week and then also have to do the normal home duties so everyone can be fed, clean clothes the food shopping done and then my baby is still young and has just started teething so he gets up throughout the night when he is unsettled.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
12 Mar 12
multitasking here doesn't mean that I do many things at once or in the same times, multitasking here means I do many things a day. I hope I didn't make mistake in using a phrase. if it was a mistake I do your apologize. I ave a job, but in the other side, I'm also a wife and family so I have responsibility to take care of my family such as cooking or doing laundry. and it makes me, sometimes, should go to bed at late of night cos I should do this and that after going home for working. but I know that being wife and mother is not easy at all. I do my best and my husband helps much in dealing with this tasks..:)
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
3 Mar 12
Whew what a day for you! I've got no children yet so my day is just whatever I choose it to be around work. I usually get online and that is it. Women are very strong creatures and we deserve more respect then we get sometimes. I hope you are still getting good rest.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
3 Mar 12
Hi Cow Girl!
I think I have a little insomnia for days. I can't figure out what could be the cause of it. I ever said to myself maybe I am too busy with all of these jobs so I can't sleep well at night. and it ruins my body. I can't sleep though it has been 11pm. then I should wake up earlier than another cos I should prepare everything. I said that my husband helps me much but he can't do some tasks such as cooking. But the worst is that he always wakes up later than me. LOL. I have reduced my jobs in the afternoon. I was full from Monday to Saturday. but start few months ago, I reduced it. I'm exhausted sometimes. More works means more insomnia for me. And it makes me weak cos the diseases will infect me easily..#sigh..
@Hazelrose (2179)
• Philippines
4 Mar 12
Wow,you are so active and energetic woman to do all that.I really admire you for being a great mother and a wife.For me ,I'm a plain house wife,I'll just do my house hold chores as daily routine. I Started my day preparing foods for my family.Fixed every thing in the house.washing clothes twice a week and etc. I have also some appointments but not often.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
24 Mar 12
thanks for saying that for me. I never think that I'm a good wife and mom but I try to do the best. I have been working before I'm married so I don't want to stop having job when I got married. fortunately my husband let me having a job. I have two jobs, one job ends in the middle of the day. After having a rest for while I prepare my self to go to my second job (but I can't say it's a rest cos sometimes I should do house chores before I go to my second job..:D). before I have a child, it seemed to be easy for me. but now, after I have a child, it becomes harder and harder. then I said to myself that it's time to quit. I have plan to reduce my job starts next term of academic year (I'm a teacher, both in my first and second job). but I think I can quit at all. I should still have two jobs cos I don't want to be just a housewife. My child is getting bigger and I think I'm still be able to do some jobs. I think it's good for you that you're not too busy housewife. you can do your hobby as often as you like. I like reading novels but it's getting harder to have time reading..
@Kasiviswanathan2k (288)
• India
4 Mar 12
I never accept this Womens are Strong creaters compare with the Mens. Because they only doing the Home must need daily works, but mens are doing only the Office works. And taking care and moving the family smooth is in the hand of the women only. The have good strength and ability to done all the jobs equal to the men.
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
24 Mar 12
I also disagree that people said women are weak creatures. though the body is not as big as the men, but women are also able to be very strong. strong here is not like lifting a heavy things or else but strong here means that women sometimes could bear very painful things such as delivering baby or facing hard life. and doing house chores everyday is not easy at all. it requires strength and patience. I'm sure men can't bear wit this. women are strong. men are also strong, in different way..:)
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
3 Mar 12
I agree with you. Women are not weak creatures at all. Right now I am not working but I am looking for a job. When I was working it was a crazy schedule. I would wake up at 6am, get myself ready for work, make breakfast for all of us, do the dishes after breakfast, get the kids ready for the day, drop the kids off at their grandmas house, go to work, work until 5:30pm, pick the kids up, go home, do laundry, cook dinner, get the kids ready for bed after spending some time with them, spend time with my husband, finish the chores for the day and finally get to bed around 10pm and do it all over again the next day. Phew, it is exhausting being a mommy! But its all worth it...=)
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
12 Mar 12
Thanks God I'm not alone..LOL..fortunately my husband doesn't mind to help me doing chores, such are ironing or washing clothes. he's not angry when I forget not to prepare his uniform. he will prepare it by his own. though I still have plenty things to do everyday. sometimes I can finish it but most of time I can't. and the hardest thing is doing laundry. I have a washing machine but I don't know why I prefer to wash by hands, it's cleaner I think. that's why I always have problem with laundry. I go home always at night and all I want is just taking a rest so I never do laundering after going home from work. but I agree with you, though it's so hard but it worth it..:)
@dazzledlady (1618)
• Philippines
3 Mar 12
I am not yet a mom. But based on what you describe you have a very busy life. A woman myself i believe we cope better with stress than men, no offense to all the men out there. I believe man and woman has their own field of specialities. When it comes to children and household generally the title goes to the woman and finances to the guys. But as the world evolve, stereotyping seems not feasible. We see exchanges of roles. What is important is we are doing what we can for th people we love. Good health to you and keep it up!
@humairaku (2038)
• Indonesia
12 Mar 12
thanks for your kindness dazzle..you should thank to me cos I have given you one of descriptions how to be a mommy someday. LOL. about doing house chores, couple should see whether the wife works or not. if the wife works, it's better for husband also takes part doing house chores. like my husband; he doesn't mind to wash or iron his own clothes. even he sometimes cooks for himself. he knows that I am as busy as him. he also helps me preparing our daughter for school. he showers her and I dress her up. we should work together so no one won't come late to work. but now I plan to reduce my activity outside, I want to be at home longer, spend more time raising our daughter..:)
