A term to describe what one's current activities or actions are.
Person 1: Taske?
Person 2: I'm doing laundry at the moment, taske?
Person 1: I'm doing math right now.
Situation normal. Working in accordance with one's pay rate. Also see semi-tasking.
This morning I checked my email, and then I moved some stuff around on my desk for a while, and then I checked my voice mail. I was uni-tasking.
Named after the greek titan Atlas, who was condemned by the gods to hold up the sky for all eternity, an Atlantean task is a task of vital importance which forever burdens whoever is unlucky enough to have to do it.
an unending duty which cannot be abandoned.
person 1: why do you still rickroll people in 2024
person 2: it is an Atlantean task
what most people truly do when they say they are multi-tasking. Mentally setting up a list of tasks to do in rapid sucession to get a multitude of tasks done in a short period of time.
"Oh my gosh, I've got to address this envelope, put the clothes in the dryer, check on the spaghetti cooking, and make sure to TiVo my shows."
"Better start mini-tasking."