Mary Ann
Have you ever walked into a room to do something and when you begin working on whatever it is, you see something else that needs to be done? You stop what you are doing and begin working on that. You again see something else that needs fixing, and you stop that and go to the new project. I do this all the time and started to call it binging. I am kind of a pinball bouncing from task to task. I find it relaxing, and at the end of the morning everything is all done.
I guess it is a type of ADHD or maybe I am just a super multi-tasker. I have asked other friends if they do this – binging! Some do and some do not. It may have to do with our thinking styles. People are either global thinkers who see the big picture and the interconnectedness, or they are analytical thinker who break down information to smaller bits for understanding. Global thinkers see everything from many directions. Where analytical thinkers are sequential. There is no right or wrong. It is your style. Guess what? I am a global thinker. I see the whole shebang, and I want to get it all done at once.
For me, this is not just an indoor exercise. When I am gardening, I am all over the yard, binging my heart out. I am planting flowers then I am trimming bushes. I am watering and digging holes then it is back to planting the flowers and watering. However, by the end of the day, I have accomplished all my garden chores. In the end, the journey may not be as important as the destination – a clean house, a tidy garden.
I didn’t seem to do this at work or at least I didn’t think I did. I had to be discipline and get things done in an orderly fashion. This took more energy to accomplish. Where binging gave me energy, again I found it relaxing.
When discussing this with a friend, she called me a Pinball Wizard. I guess that is what I am. My style is my superpower even if it only for me. If you identify with me, maybe you are also a Pinball Wizard. We may have to create an association or at least a support group! I bet we would discuss a variety of subjects from all over the place but in the end, we would have it all done, tied up with a bow! Pinball Wizards Unite!!
Silver Sage Sisters 