Blech, I dislike mornings. I’d like to like them. There’s something romantic about waking up and watching the sunrise, the birds whistling their morning calls, and Snow White singing outside my window. Alas, I’ve yet to see any of this in real life. But I digress…
All my fellow geeks are lifehackers are going to hate me for this 
This is something I realized a long time ago and I think it applies to most humans out there. And I’ve just started utilizing it again because I just started work on the new game. I’ve found that if you multitask (that is, doing three or even two things at the same time): you’ll do everything at a worse level and take up more time than if you just did them separately.
I have no data, just personal experience. I’m sure if you googled it, you can find great arguments on both sides of the fence (oh, Tim Ferriss agrees with me, that’s neat). But I’m sure I’m right for most people out there. Try it.
Turn Outlook off (or Thunderbird, Mail.app, etc). Turn off your phone and any push-email/sms/texting device. Turn off your instant messenger. Stop browsing the internet, reading news articles and blogs (wait, finish this post first! otherwise you’ll—!….) (Okay, you’re back? Good. Finish reading this post, and then close the browser )
And do whatever it is you are supposed to do. I bet you’ll get it done 5-10x more quickly and have 5-10x better quality than if you were multitasking with all the other noise going on. Then stop doing that (close whatever program, if you were using one). Now open your email program and respond to your emails. You’ll be surprised how long it doesn’t take now. If you still have something to chat about, do it after everything else is finished. You’ll find that you actually enjoy the chat more, and you won’t be worried about interrupting what you should be doing 
The one exception to the rule I believe is background music, that’s okay, as long as it remains background (i.e. don’t sing along).
So give this new-fangled technology called ‘single-tasking‘ a shot It may just help you be more productive. Enjoy!
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Check out the ‘flow’ experience article on wikipedia. I’ve just discovered it yesterday and apart from being coined by a fellow hungarian it seems very interesting.
The one by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi?
Checking it now. If there is one thing I know about Hungarians, it’s that they can drink a lot. If there were another thing I knew about Hungarians, it’s that their way of abstract thinking in relation to science is pretty brilliant.
Read it. Interesting concept, but I’m not sure it how it correlates to menial, yet relaxing tasks such as: ironing, washing the dishes, or sex