Seems like multitasking skills are such an irrevocable phenomenon today that every student faces while studying every day. Your to-do list is so overwhelmed with activities that even setting priorities, and time-management techniques do not really help. Writing essays with Unicheck and working on complicated math tests may be confusing. Most of the time you are depressed, and anxious about deadlines. The scientists defined a new disease, FOMO that is the “fear of missing out”. So, let’s dive into the problem.
Brain Responses to Multi-Tasking
A person may perform 2 things simultaneously like eating and watching TV, or writing and talking, yet it is impossible to focus on two things simultaneously and become immersed in what you do. There is no need even trying to do so, as the brain starts hesitating between two things in order to choose one as quickly as possible. The brain may catch the part of another thing (task), but it will not perform it to the fullest. Thus, all several tasks that you are trying to fulfil will be done shoddily. Moreover, being anxious all the time is harmful, and results in the reduction of the grey matter.
The secret hides in the brain’s ability to perform several things gradually, simply one after another. The most productive work will be performed while concentrating on one thing while several things performance will lead to a loss of productivity and time loss. Switching from one activity to another is very distracting, and it takes more time to go back to the previous task than just completing the one.
Brain Functioning
Setting priorities is complicated when multitasking becomes a habit. Then, it is a real problem for a person to sort things out, and irrelevant information may be done first. Multitasking makes you following things that may be of no interest to you, as your brain is focused on doing things more than rationally thinking before doing.
Another solid argument against multitasking is brain aging. Telomeres are cells responsible for aging. When you multitask and experience stress, they divide, and the more frequently they divide, the less time they have for renewal. That is how aging comes.
Back to Single-Tasking
It is breathtaking how single-tasking calms down mind, and it simply focuses on a task effective implementation. The time you will probably spend on a task completion may be even shorter than on doing several things half-way. There are several ways to let yourself work efficiently. Yoga will let you think and act in the present time. The most inspiring is the environment you study in. Take away all the distracting issues you might have, and create the atmosphere of deadly silence. Every time you get an assignment, jot down by steps the way you are going to deal with an assignment. Outlining the logical structure of the assignment fulfillment will enhance your brain and you will not want to distract till you complete what you were going to.
Conclusion
The idea of single-tasking prevails today. That is a wiser approach to dealing with a number of things while learning, so you could have time for hobbies, and feel happier instead of experiencing stress all the time and proceeding with everything, and leaving everything you wanted to do unfinished. Be wiser, and practice single-tasking!
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