Multi-tasking in Honduras...

It’s already Wednesday night here and the week is flying by quickly... Soon I can say that I’ll be home in a week. It’s been good and always a huge learning curve. I’m in the middle of preparations to train interviewers next week to interview local health providers, patients and their family members about TB (tuberculosis). It’s the first time that I have ever worked on TB so it’s been a steep learning curve. At first I didn’t think I would find it interesting but it has been. But what has been most interesting is having to multi-task more than usual - at the same time as I’m preparing for the TB trainings, I’m having meetings with several different people, discussing and planning completely different and new projects, etc. And all of this is in Spanish - it’s challenging... No wonder by the end of the day I’m worn out. But what I realize is that I enjoy the business, I enjoy the multi-tasking, I enjoy being with lots of different people throughout the day (though at times, I do feel overwhelmed). I want to now learn to do that more efficiently - I’ve been observing our office head closely and other managers to learn from them. It’s amazing to me how some people can do it so well. One minute you are on the phone talking about X, then someone walks in to ask you about Y, while you are also responding to an e-mail about Z... just incredible to watch. Any tips? Please let me know.