{"id":570,"date":"2026-10-12T21:06:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T21:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silviaescobar.com\/?p=570"},"modified":"2026-10-12T21:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T21:06:15","slug":"the-dishes-could-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silviaescobar.com\/es\/the-dishes-could-wait\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Trastes Pueden Esperar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hace poco estaba leyendo un libro que resaltaba la diferencia entre estas dos palabras:<br>\"La eficiencia consiste en hacer las cosas correctamente. La efectividad consiste en hacer las cosas correctas.\" \u2014 Peter Drucker<br>\u00bfAlguna vez ha pasado un d\u00eda entero tachando tareas de su lista y, aun as\u00ed, ha sentido que descuid\u00f3 algo importante? S\u00e9 que hay responsabilidades que simplemente debemos cumplir. A lo que me refiero son esas cosas que seguimos posponiendo, dici\u00e9ndonos que las haremos cuando tengamos \u201cm\u00e1s tiempo\u201d, aunque en el fondo sabemos que puede pasar otro d\u00eda sin encontrar espacio para ellas.<br>Aqu\u00ed comparto tres ejemplos con los que yo misma he luchado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La limpieza. Cuando mis hijos estaban creciendo, aunque todos ten\u00edan responsabilidades en casa y lavaban su propia ropa, a\u00fan quedaba mucho trabajo por hacer. Mi casa nunca estuvo tan limpia u organizada como yo pensaba que deb\u00eda estar.\nPor eso, desde temprano tom\u00e9 una decisi\u00f3n: no iba a perderme la oportunidad de crear recuerdos por mantener la cocina impecable. Si era noche familiar, si ten\u00edamos invitados o si \u00edbamos a salir por un helado, no me iba a quedar atr\u00e1s lavando los platos. Los platos seguir\u00edan all\u00ed cuando regresara, se lo aseguro. \u00bfSabe qui\u00e9nes ya no est\u00e1n en casa? Mis hijos. Hoy todos son adultos y viven sus propias vidas. No lo sab\u00eda entonces, pero estaba eligiendo ser efectiva en lugar de eficiente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los pasatiempos. Me encanta leer. Si pudiera ganarme la vida leyendo, aceptar\u00eda ese trabajo sin pensarlo, siempre y cuando pudiera leer lo que yo quisiera. Durante un d\u00eda normal de trabajo, muchas veces espero con ilusi\u00f3n la noche para poder sentarme a leer. Sin embargo, si lo dejo para muy tarde, termino demasiado cansada para concentrarme. He mejorado en hacer espacio para ello. Al igual que sucede con la limpieza, me he dado cuenta de que el trabajo nunca termina. Si no aparto tiempo para leer, simplemente no ocurre. \u00bfTiene usted alg\u00fan pasatiempo que ha estado tratando de incorporar a su rutina diaria? Los pasatiempos son una parte importante de nuestro descanso y renovaci\u00f3n. Ya sea la jardiner\u00eda, la escritura, el dibujo, la pintura o cualquier otra actividad, dedicar aunque sea unos minutos al d\u00eda puede cambiar nuestra perspectiva y hacer que nuestras responsabilidades sean mucho m\u00e1s leves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Las citas en pareja. Cuando nuestros hijos eran peque\u00f1os, encontrar tiempo para salir juntos era todo un desaf\u00edo. Hab\u00eda que conseguir qui\u00e9n cuidara a los ni\u00f1os, revisar el presupuesto, decidir ad\u00f3nde ir y, despu\u00e9s de un largo d\u00eda de trabajo, tener la energ\u00eda para hacerlo. Sin embargo, las citas tienen una capacidad extraordinaria para fortalecer una relaci\u00f3n. Podemos esperarlas con ilusi\u00f3n, disfrutarlas y construir recuerdos juntos mientras criamos a nuestros hijos. Ahora que Arturo y yo vivimos la etapa del nido vac\u00edo, seguimos esperando con entusiasmo nuestra pr\u00f3xima salida, un fin de semana largo o una peque\u00f1a escapada. Creo que una de las razones por las que disfrutamos tanto de nuestra compa\u00f1\u00eda es que no esperamos el momento perfecto ni a que los hijos crecieran para pasar tiempo juntos. \u00a1Incluso ahora hasta trabajamos juntos! Una vez m\u00e1s, no lo sab\u00eda entonces, pero paso a paso est\u00e1bamos eligiendo la efectividad sobre la eficiencia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00bfEficiencia o efectividad? La eficiencia es muy tentadora, especialmente para personas como yo, que hacemos listas de tareas y disfrutamos tachando cada punto a medida que avanza el d\u00eda. Pero las personas como yo tambi\u00e9n corremos el riesgo de perder de vista lo que realmente importa. Y para m\u00ed, eso es peor que dejar algunas tareas sin terminar. Al final, he descubierto que prefiero ser efectiva antes que eficiente.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was reading a book recently that highlighted the difference between these two words:&#8220;Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things.&#8221; \u2014 Peter DruckerHave you ever spent an entire day checking things off your list, yet still felt like you neglected something important? I know there are responsibilities we simply have to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/silviaescobar.com\/es\/the-dishes-could-wait\/\">Seguir leyendo <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Los Trastes Pueden Esperar<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Dishes Could Wait - Coffee Time Reflections with Silvia Escobar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/silviaescobar.com\/es\/the-dishes-could-wait\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Dishes Could Wait - Coffee Time Reflections with Silvia Escobar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I was reading a book recently that highlighted the difference between these two words:&#8220;Efficiency is doing things right. 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