Even for very active people, physical activity accounts for only a small portion of daily energy expenditure; most energy is spent behind the scenes on the myriad unseen tasks that keep our cells humming and our support systems working.
Operating these systems over the long term requires planning for expansion, replacing hardware, hiring and training staff, promptly helping clinicians with application questions, avoiding and correcting network outages, upgrading hardware and software, creating new interfaces between systems, and myriad other tasks that are often unnoticed by clinicians who use them.
In fact, the student-affairs division often works in overdrive during the summer, preparing residence halls, student events, and myriad other tasks that must be tackled before all of the students come back.
Lucretia Mott read a humorous newspaper piece written by her sister Martha Wright in which Wright questioned why, after an overworked mother completed the myriad daily tasks that were required of her but not of her husband, she was the one upon whom written advice was "so lavishly bestowed".
The stereotypical role of "housewife" often meant that a mom who stayed home with the kids also assumed responsibility for a myriad of general housekeeping tasks, that fell well outside of the job of primary caregiver for children.
For some employees, the idea to use the standing option was lost in the myriad of other changes and tasks that accompanied the refurbishment.
It was a joke, but Mr. Hampton wasn't laughing; by his own account, the myriad tasks leading up to that moment had amounted to a Herculean labor.
Most important, for every surgeon there are six "eye-care technicians"—young women recruited and trained by Aravind who perform the myriad tasks in the operating room that do not require a surgeon's training.Other problems have inspired other solutions, with technology filling gaps in the labour force.
If I didn't actually make the effort, I could make my way through life dealing with the myriad tasks and challenges I have, but without ever really having to think about myself in the midst of that.
Pedestrians, like drivers, have long been distracted by myriad tasks, like snacking or reading on the go.
