One morning, not engaged in my English class in which I was currently in at the time. I saw a title to a report that struck me as something I could relate to one-hundred percent. The word in the title “multitasking” caught my attention. It is something I find myself doing all too often. Even now as I sit here at my laptop writing this essay. I have iTunes radio playing, responding to text messages, and checking my social media accounts every few minutes for new updates. While I have many things I’m doing, what am I actually accomplishing? If I was focused more on this essay than multiple things, I could complete it in a shorter time frame.
Alina Tugend discusses multitasking in her article “Multitasking Can Make You Lose… Um… Focus…” published in the New York Times in 2008. This report provides an insight into multitasking as well as the scientific knowledge behind it. This title grabbed my attention and …show more content…
This study also showed that people are more likely to self-interrupt. While working, people will turn to a phone call, email, or other source of distraction. This adds higher stress, frustration, work load, effort, and pressure according to Mark. Dr. Hallowell states that “we need to recreate boundaries.” For example, not checking your cell phone every few minutes, engaging in a conversation without distraction, and focusing on one task at a time. According to Tugend we are efficient only when we sleep enough, eat right, and exercise. Tugends report is something I feel that anyone who has ever multitasked can relate to. It’s something that we all do, and it is our responsibility to correct to increase work production as well as quality. It is clear and easy for the reader to understand and relate
Alina Tugend discusses multitasking in her article “Multitasking Can Make You Lose… Um… Focus…” published in the New York Times in 2008. This report provides an insight into multitasking as well as the scientific knowledge behind it. This title grabbed my attention and …show more content…
This study also showed that people are more likely to self-interrupt. While working, people will turn to a phone call, email, or other source of distraction. This adds higher stress, frustration, work load, effort, and pressure according to Mark. Dr. Hallowell states that “we need to recreate boundaries.” For example, not checking your cell phone every few minutes, engaging in a conversation without distraction, and focusing on one task at a time. According to Tugend we are efficient only when we sleep enough, eat right, and exercise. Tugends report is something I feel that anyone who has ever multitasked can relate to. It’s something that we all do, and it is our responsibility to correct to increase work production as well as quality. It is clear and easy for the reader to understand and relate