Resolving Problems
The best way to resolve a problem may be to clear it from your mind. Rest periods, mini-holidays and vacations are great for clearing your head — creating the space for energy for creativity to flow. With your conscious mind out of the way, the subconscious can get to work on the challenge. A clear head also brings the silence that’s needed for the small voice of wisdom inside your head to be heard. Flashes of insight bringing new solutions tend to come when you’re doing something completely different from the activity or problem that’s challenging you.

Becoming Aware
You need time for reflection, to step back and look at what’s happening in your life with greater detachment. It allows you to see where you’re being true to yourself and where you’ve gotten off-track. Only by pulling free of your busy schedule can you accurately assess the value of what you’re doing, and become more sensitive and aware.
All work and no play throws life out of balance and endangers your health. Your body and mind need sufficient rest for recuperation. This is critically important with the level of stress these days.
Pleasure is a good thing. It brings relaxation and helps strengthen your immune system. When there’s more energy flowing, you are more creative.

Go Ahead, Enjoy Yourself
There will always be lots of work to do. However, you can’t wait for work to go away to enjoy yourself. Make recreation a legitimate pastime and book it into your calendar as easily as you book your sales appointments. Even 15 minutes of fun and laughter is powerful. Experiment with spending time doing something enjoyable, something frivolous, something totally different, something just for the sheer joy of it. And don’t feel guilty about it.

Make It Routine
Whether you’re learning how to play the piano, use a computer program, or multi-task, practice is essential to mastering the skill. Why? Because practice makes something seem routine, and when something is routine, it is no longer stressful.
Look at all the things you do in a day, and pick a few routine tasks. As you master doing multiple routine things move on to slightly more difficult tasks and then gradually work up to the number of tasks you normally do.

Take Your Time
During this process, remember that learning takes time. Very often people jump into a new role or responsibility without gradually gearing up their workload. Then they wonder why they feel stressed and can’t multi-task effectively.
If you want to do all the things you do each day in a more efficient manner with less stress, take a step back and teach your body and mind how to work up to the production level you desire. Such a gradual process will make multi-tasking easier than ever before.