The other day, someone I work with was on a conference call. They managed to have a long conversation with me about numerous issues to deal with, replied to some texts, write a letter, eat some food and then run off to talk to a colleague all whilst learning 
Work here is very testing. When i decided to up my skills, I really regret doing HR instead of finance right now. Spreadsheets are much kinder/ less demanding!
I’ve been ordering Christmas gifts so not really frugal here either.