TL;DR: Multitasking is a myth. Switch-tasking is real and leads to sub-standard results and stress. Creativity suffers when our minds can’t get into the flow. Use time-management techniques that encourage focusing on a single task. Last week, as I was putting the finishing touches on my weekly email, I was trying to create a link to a blog post and discovered my Sunday School of Sewing site had an issue. Although I know multitasking is a myth that creates errors and leads to poor outcomes, I still tried to proofread the email while also figuring out the problem on the site. Proofreading the email should have been a 5-minute task. Fixing the website should have been a 20 minute task. However, by
Multitasking Makes Life Worse
Multitasking Makes Life Worse
Multitasking Makes Life Worse
TL;DR: Multitasking is a myth. Switch-tasking is real and leads to sub-standard results and stress. Creativity suffers when our minds can’t get into the flow. Use time-management techniques that encourage focusing on a single task. Last week, as I was putting the finishing touches on my weekly email, I was trying to create a link to a blog post and discovered my Sunday School of Sewing site had an issue. Although I know multitasking is a myth that creates errors and leads to poor outcomes, I still tried to proofread the email while also figuring out the problem on the site. Proofreading the email should have been a 5-minute task. Fixing the website should have been a 20 minute task. However, by