Question

Please read this TIME Money article, “Why You Should Stop Multitasking and Start Singletasking” and then respond to the following questions: What are your most frequent multitasking distractions at work, at home with your family, and while studying or doing homework? Which of the recommendations in the article are you most interested in trying and what do you think will be the biggest challenge in sticking with it? What recommendations do you have for minimizing distractions when focusing on important tasks? Sometimes multitasking is appropriate; for example, reading news headlines while waiting in line at the grocery store. What are some other examples of appropriate multitasking?

"Why You Should Stop Multitasking and Start Singletasking” Article: http://time.com/money/3892931/stop-multitasking-and-start-singletasking/

Answer 1

What are your most frequent multitasking distractions at work, at home with your family, and while studying or doing homework?

Some of my most frequent distractions is by people talking around me. This only occurs when the people are someone whom I know, for example a member of family, or some very well known colleague. If anyone talks of any topic that is relevant to me in any form, it is bound to distract me.

Which of the recommendations in the article are you most interested in trying and what do you think will be the biggest challenge in sticking with it?

Some of the recommendations mentioned in the article are that I find difficult are:

• ​commit to choices
• Disciplining the brain
• Growing the attention plan
• Practice clustering , the most difficult of all.

What recommendations do you have for minimizing distractions when focusing on important tasks? Sometimes multitasking is appropriate; for example, reading news headlines while waiting in line at the grocery store.

Turning off cell phone ringers, being zoned out completely, as mentioned in the build fences point. I have realised, that the best way to focus and complete a job in the least possible time is by zoning myself out, as that would not make me be distracted and not let a gold fish beat me. Here, it is important to notice what kind of work is being asked not to do while multitasking. The actions or works that require intention cognitive processing are being asked not to be performed as a part of multitask. Walking in a queue and going through a random article does not require intense cognitive processes, hence multiple tasking is allowed.

What are some other examples of appropriate multitasking?

Some other examples of appropriate multitasking is listening to music while having food, or high speed speed pumped up music at the time of gymming.