Multitasking Is Beneficial Essay

People have questioned if multitasking is beneficial or detrimental for a long time. There have been a lot of opinions which tend to vary from person to person. For some people, multitasking is a great tool and works well for them. While for others, multitasking can really be a big failure. I myself tend to multitask. Personally I think it benefits me a lot, but I will say there have been times when it comes back to bite me in the butt. I wanted to see what multitasking does for those that I am surrounded by. I observed a couple classmates of mine to see how well, or how bad they were at multitasking. Is multitasking beneficial? Or is it detrimental? Let’s dive in and take a look. First off, I wanted to see how multitasking worked in a beneficial way, so, I sat in on my …show more content…
Gayer was in charge of setting up a large group event for all members of FCA, for the upcoming weekend. He also had a Psychology homework assignment to be done. Both were to be finished by the end of the day, thus meaning he needed to multitask, to ensure would become complete both tasks on time. His method was to bounce back and forth between organizing the event, and finishing his homework assignment. The FCA event that he had to coordinate was a big enough event as to where he had to make a few phone calls. So what he would do, is he would make a phone call and jott down a few notes, then do a few problems, and he would just repeat that process. He did that three different times. By the time he was done making phone calls, he had to create an invitation email. He decided to finish writing the email first, before finishing his homework. After a great deal of work, Gayer finished both the cooridating of the FCA event, and his homework assignment on time. This is an example of a time that multitasking was beneficial. I observed a lot ass you can see. I detail I noticed when observing Gayer, was that when he was working on one of the tasks, he was focused on