Notes of a Paranoid Schizophrenic

I was listening to yet another of Eban Pagan’s videos this morning, and he rang my bell quite loudly.  He talks about the modern phenomenon of multitasking - which oddly is a habit that people often boast about.  But multi-tasking is a by-product of our fast-moving times.  Even as I write this article, I am trying to follow the plot of the TV show CSI.  Of course, I missed the climax of the show, and can’t concentrate on my writing.

I think this is a pandemic of sorts, this multitasking thing.  From motorists who are busy texting while hurtling along the highway, to office workers who are constantly interrupted by incoming emails, to everyday consumers being nagged by their ringing cell phones…  How can anybody ever get anything done?  The human brain simply was not designed for multitasking.  We are mono-taskers by nature, but technology has us always trying to do many things at once.

I am convinced that really successful people deliberately turn off the distractions to get things done.  They give themselves time-slots with which to get things accomplished, and they do NOTHING ELSE until their task is finished.  Eban Pagan takes it one step further by using timers.  He suggests that we map out our tasks, then set a timer and do nothing else until the task is done, then allow ourselves a break, then set the timer and get the next thing done.

Certainly makes sense!  I’m going to give it a try.

Be well!

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