I am great at multi-tasking. I can do multiple random things at once. My mind can switch from one mode to another in a spilt second. I have been told I have ADD because I do just that, switch from one thing to another in a split second. I have also found that many call multi-tasking a professional skill. I have seen multiple resumes come through my department that under skills it says, “interpersonal communications, customer service, multi-tasking”. Is it really a professional skill to be able to do many things at once? Is focusing a little on many things rather than fully on one thing really more productive?
I honestly think there has to be a middle ground. Even though I am really good at switching my tasks at the drop of a hat I have had to learn a new way of multi-tasking through balance of my tasks not doing all of them at once. This new job that I have has so many different responsibilities that are occurring concurrently that if I did not have the ability to work on multiple things in the same time frame I would fail. But I have had to learn that I can work on multiple things at the same time without working on things at the same moment. In one week I can work on 5 different projects but I have had to learn to split them up throughout the day and prioritize so that at a given moment I can be focusing fully on the task at hand but then an hour later working on something completely different but still give it my full attention. My calendar looks crazy but is the only way that I have figured out how to fit it all into the same time frame without working on all of it at once. That I believe is the best way to multi-task.
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You raise a good point that society both praises multitasking in the workplace and problematizes it with ADD. Using the brain to think simultaneous about various tasks can be productive, but it can also be distracting. I often watched my boss switch between various tasks and finally groan that none of her projects were finished.
I've been struggling with multitasking because I have an excess of chores every day. I'm paralyzed by my indecisiveness. You bring up a good point, though, that individual should segment your tasks so that they will complete on-going projects with visible results.
The question cannot be generalized. For instance if i am studying i cannot do anything else along with it but my friend can listen to music while studying, another example is cooking which is multitasking. As you gave your example, the only way you can fit all your work is by multitaking, that works better for you
I've long suspected myself of having ADD, though it's been hard to diagnose due to being obscured by other issues. I always find myself surrounded by a multitude of things to do, unable to focus on one at any given time. My computer desktop is littered with open windows, sometimes with sentences stopped in mid-flow as I thought of something unrelated and went off to investigate. On the rare occasions when I truly do have only one thing to focus on, I usually manage to find some sort of distraction to switch to, anyway.
It sounds like you've found a sensible solution that works well with your working style. I've only recently managed to commit to keeping an up-to-date appointment calendar, and have not begun to use it to organize my time at the specific task level. Perhaps I'd better develop a similar system if I want to have any reasonable chance at getting a thesis written!
Multi-tasking... I would say its an art. The modern world calls for multi-tasking.
In my day to day life I find that there are many things I can multi-task, for example, cooking dinner, reading a book, & checking voice mail all at once. But when it comes to doing tasks that require a lower level of analysis, such as editing a report for work & answering a client's highly prioritized email, my multi-tasking skills diminish.
To mitigate the common paralysis that is experienced by us multi-tasking gurus, I have learned to chunk tasks according to priority-- hoping that whats on the back-burner doesn't get burned. There usually is a breaking point where information processing is overloaded and the 'system' (the human system, that is) shuts down-- that's the point we try to avoid.
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