Comments on: Best of Both Worlds podcast: Transitions, task switching, interruptions, etc. https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/03/best-of-both-worlds-podcast-transitions-task-switching-interruptions-etc/ Writer, Author, Speaker Thu, 16 Mar 2023 18:09:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/03/best-of-both-worlds-podcast-transitions-task-switching-interruptions-etc/#comment-441876 Thu, 16 Mar 2023 18:09:57 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19046#comment-441876 In reply to Lisa of Lisa’s Yarns.

@Lisa – very wise! Yep, it takes a long time sometimes but we tend not to be dealing with the same issues a few years on.

]]> By: Lisa of Lisa’s Yarns https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/03/best-of-both-worlds-podcast-transitions-task-switching-interruptions-etc/#comment-441870 Thu, 16 Mar 2023 17:35:43 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19046#comment-441870 For the mom of the crying toddler at drop-off, just wanted to say that our kids have been in daycare since they were 20 weeks but both cried/cry at drop off when they were toddlers. Our older son is 5 and I think it got better when he was around 3. Our youngest is 2 and drop offs started to be rough when he turned 2 3 months ago. We are assured that it is brief and he recovers quickly. And he is always happy at pick up. So try not to let it bother you although that is easier said than done for many moms. Our oldest is a really sensitive kiddo and I wondered if he would ever not cry at drop off but now he never cried and some days he tells us that he wants to stay longer or will tell me to go get little brother first because he doesn’t want to leave! So long comment short: this, too, shall pass.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/03/best-of-both-worlds-podcast-transitions-task-switching-interruptions-etc/#comment-441698 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 20:59:02 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19046#comment-441698 In reply to Amanda.

@Amanda – I definitely need solo time and feel crabby without it. But I work for myself from home so I can often arrange for long stretches of quiet time (albeit working time) if I so choose. I think this is sometimes an introvert/extrovert thing. Kids are people and some of us get a little antsy with people around all the time.

]]> By: Amanda https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/03/best-of-both-worlds-podcast-transitions-task-switching-interruptions-etc/#comment-441692 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 20:10:02 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19046#comment-441692 This was a fun topic & I loved the ep! I think I fall in the quadrant of not loving transitions and being slow. I’m mostly okay with enjoying the pace versus getting more done. One question I do have, is when do you get time to yourself? I spend much of the workday in meetings, and tend to like a slower morning, simply to have time to myself. I seem to have a higher need for this than some moms I know (or what was feasible when I had very young children!).

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