Shedding Loads

Task Manager

When my computer starts running slow, I fire up task manager to see what is going on.  Task manager is a utility that shows you all the programs running, the processes running in the background and overall resource utilization of the machine.  It gives me real-time information of what my computer is doing.  It also gives me the options to kill resources and processes that could be hogging memory and processor time.  For the most part, I have my machine configured to run at peak performance, but there are still times I have to shed some processes as they are taking up way too many resources.  If the hourglass pops up, I know it is time to enact Task Manager.  There are times that even Task Manager can’t clear the processes and a hard reboot of the machine is needed.

We all have an internal task manager that functions much the same as the one on computers.  Our internal task manager is comprised of the heart/head connection. Our brain and heart work together to monitor our processes and overall performance.  Much like the computer, there are times we have way too many processes running or other things hogging resources, and we get the dreaded hourglass.  It is possible to overtax our abilities.  In the physical sense, we can pass out or fall.  In the emotional/mental sense, the same thing can happen.  We can collapse and fall.  We have choices when we sense our resource utilization approaching 100%.  We can wait it out to see if some of the resources free up, terminate some of the unnecessary programs, or do a hard reboot and start over.  Doing nothing is not an option as you totally lock up and go nowhere when you do nothing.  In the old days, we called it “Blue Screen of Death” on the computer.  

How many processes are you running today? Is your utilization approaching 100%?  Maybe it’s time to run task manager and start shedding some loads.