Sunday, July 30, 2006

dang.

i'm considering doing LESS multi-tasking. research is showing that the more you multi-task, the less you remember stuff. story here.

but, but... i LIKE multi-tasking!!! :( i do admit, that doing different unrelated stuff makes it hard for me to remember what i did previously. that's why sometimes (being the operative word), i have to list down the things i need to do, then cross those that i did. i also like multi-tasking because, in my honest opinion, it made me flexible. like i can do anything. a one-army gal (of course, that does have its bad sides. people expect you to do EVERYTHING).

i don't remember where i read this one, but multi-tasking actually stimulates the mind. sometimes, we are so used doing the same stuff, we get complacent (is this term right?), the brain gets dull. there was another research that we should try practicing doing something else, like writing with your left hand (wait, i think this is the one where you have to stimulate the other side of your brain. another research topic)

besides, how can you NOT multi-task? technology makes it possible for us to do a lot of stuff at once. tho not necessarily multi-tasking, my type of surfing involves having my firefox open several tabs.

on hindsight, technology might not have really done its part in making our lives any easier. stress-free, yes. but because we can do a lot more, we unintentionally allowed ourselves to work more and harder to accomplish more stuff.

anyway, back to multitasking research. hmm.. have to back that previous claim up. let's see:

Multi-taskers are really just splitting their time and attention into smaller slices than you; no one can really do more than one thing at a time.

Roman philosopher Publilius Syrus himself uttered in 100 B.C., "To do two things at once is to do neither.

Closely related to trying to do two things at once is "task-switching," which is when you flit between functions...Constant nibbling from one task to another both slows and dumbs you down. It also is fatiguing and potentially harmful in terms of long-term health...

ayayayyy... for the sake of sanity, then.. fine, i'll do less.
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hi kaaaaaaaaaatt!!

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