STOP! NO MORE MULTI TASKING!

As a writer I often edit other people’s resumes,

In order to assist them with their job application.

So that they can upgrade their financial situation.

And on every single resume I’ve seen to  this day,

One of the skills always written,

Is the ability to multi task.

To go from one requirement to the other fast,

I beg to differ to those who think this method of work is ideal,

Even my own boss expects me to work so fast as if time I could steal.

When we multitask, we are not doing both activities at the same time.

Our brain simply jumps from one side to the other.

which uses quite a bit of brain cells, and in essence slows you down.

If you listen to music while driving your focus lessens by 30%*.

In this fast past society we are always doing, running, accomplishing & overcoming.

We are on the go with tasks at hand,
 Ready to accomplish anything, to follow orders or commands.

Now just imagine how your brain looks when you are texting while driving.

In a 2008 University of Utah study, drivers took longer to reach their destinations when they chatted on cell phones.

Listen to what the psychologist who wrote this study said

multi tasking is like “a pie chart, and whatever we’re working on is going to take up the majority of that pie.

There’s not a lot left over for other things, with the exception of automatic behaviors like walking or chewing gum.”

Moving back and forth between several tasks actually wastes productivity, he says, because your attention is expended on the act of switching gears—plus, you never get fully “in the zone” for either activity. Guy Winch, PhD  

What will happen if we decide not to multi task anymore?

Will our work lack quality? Will we be late to complete our chore?

Say we give 100% and we learn to be mindful

To be mindful is to fully focus ones awareness on the present moment,
to be in a constant meditative state.

If you can achieve this, this too shall lower your stress rate

I’d like to be able to say I do not multi task.

I give my all to the job at hand so I can efficiently move onward.

Multi tasking overwhelms the brain and stresses us out.

So you are required to get a lot done in a short time span?

And you find yourself laughing at all I am saying

For you think you cannot do it all one thing at a time

Well then you do not understand the message I am conveying

I know what its like to have  long lists in my head

I have a demanding job

A beautiful yet so very busy child,

Who keeps me running around on my feet

Constantly doing things, until my tired body hits the bed

I can be there for my responsibilities while doing other less important things

But what does this accomplish? Even if more success it may bring

My brain will be a mess,

My priorities out of order

And the quality of my effort will be insufficient to what my capabilities are

For I can mutli taskingly do great

But if I fully focus on the present moment

 I can mindfully do amazing.

http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20707868,00.html

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/09/health/your-brain-multitasking/