I’m sure you’ve all heard of the legend of multi-tasking. Women, in particular, take obvious pride in claiming that they can multi-task like a pro, girrrrllll!
Prick. Phwooo!
There. I’ve burst their bubble.
The truth is that apart from a few high IQ geniuses, most us common persons are not endowed with the brain power that’s required for multi-tasking. Our heads are basically single processors incapable of handling more than one program thread at a time.
What people claim as multi-tasking is in fact, thread switching, which adds overhead to the mind each time we switch. And hence, so-called multi-taskers find themselves feeling exhausted after completing their tasks though the same tasks would’ve been accomplished with lesser effort in lesser time were they performed one after the other.
So friends, focus on one task at a time and you might find yourself checking off items from your to-do list at the speed of light, while also not churning your poor brain into mulch.
For further information, please refer the concept of threads in processors. And yes, I know I’ve proven myself as an enormous nerd, but kya kare, yeh toh apna normal state hai :P
-Devika
