Absent minded - or always working

Many parents talk about life as a constant multi-tasking juggling stunt. My brain is often one place while I'm doing something else - do I really need to be "fully focused" while hanging the laundry? - I think not. But it does become a habit. I was reading an interview Pamela Samuels Young (click here) and she said something that I recognised in myself: I also mull over my story a lot. I'm thinking about it in the shower, while I'm standing in line at the grocery story, during my 45-minute co...