4 Tips to Quit Multitasking

It’s messing with your brain — and your happiness

整合自己想法的總結

? 這里有四個方法去避免自己陷入并行處理的“陷阱”

1. 合理使用一些方法記錄自己處理任務時的情況课蔬，是否頻繁被打斷而做其他事父丰。
   這里相當于反饋與總結，讓自己能夠全局的了解到自己做一件事效率怎么樣冠桃，如何做改進煞肾。

2. 關閉所有app通知咧织。
   個人也完全推薦這一點，也是瘋狂的實踐者：

   1. 有兩個微信號籍救，一個工作习绢，一個私人的。

   2. app很多通知我都會選擇不提示不提醒蝙昙，短信也一樣闪萄。

   3. 如果遇到一些陌生的人也會直接設置攔截，外地固話響也不會接奇颠。

   4. 幾乎所有應用權限都設置了一遍败去，不給彈窗。

   5. qq烈拒、微信各種群都是設置為“進入群助手且不提醒”的狀態(tài)圆裕。

      所以手機一直保持輕輕酸爽的狀態(tài)，只要響了荆几，一定是重要的事吓妆。

3. 短時間內(nèi)處理郵件。
   一般我個人工作郵件也不會打開伴郁，除非自己去看耿战，所以是不會有提示的，并且盡可能在同一個時間批量處理郵件焊傅。

4. 一個舒適的環(huán)境
   學習剂陡，是一個需要深度思考的事狈涮，所以最好找一個安靜的地方，能讓自己獨處在一個空間內(nèi)鸭栖，斷絕任何干擾歌馍。

   以上是對英文的小總結，結合自己平時生活習慣的連接晕鹊，下面是進入第二次思考松却。

? 多任務處理，在上大學的時候溅话，看到有一個朋友特別牛晓锻，電腦兩個屏幕，一個屏幕在播電影飞几，一個屏幕在玩游戲砚哆，手機放在面前又一個手游，三件事情同時處理屑墨，那個時候看到后躁锁，內(nèi)心覺得很是欽佩，快速切換實現(xiàn)一次性處理三件事卵史，看起來是挺高效的战转。

? 這是針對一些輕松的事情，或者不需要更多思考方面就可以快速切換的處理以躯，但如果需要深入思考槐秧，比如學習，思考某個問題寸潦，那么并行處理其他事情色鸳，比如再思考的時候，有一個電話打過來见转，或者突然看到一個興趣的話題命雀，就跳轉到另外一個不相關問題的思考，會讓我們效率低下 斩箫，因為當我們在切換的時候吏砂，我們的大腦會花很多時間去重新集中注意力到新的事物上，我們的精力是有限的乘客，頻繁的切換狐血，并不高效。

? 這里有個比喻易核，我們的大腦就像是電腦的CPU一樣匈织，CPU也是通過快速的（時間足夠短）切換處理每一條任務（我們正在做的事），看起來像是同時進行一樣，但如果是計算密集型的任務（比如AI計算缀匕，這里類似于我們的深度思考纳决，特別需要大腦的占用），那就不推薦頻繁切換了乡小，因為切換的代價太大阔加，切換只會降低CPU處理任務的效率。

? 在公司满钟，我們也經(jīng)常會遇到胜榔，一天內(nèi)，一個重要的任務會瘋狂被其他事打擾湃番，比如說萌新的要去幫忙搬桌椅夭织，工會代表臨時要開會得去參加，接著小組站立會吠撮，幫實施組部署機子摔癣，上面的要求都是硬性要求還不能不參加，導致有時候有一些感慨纬向，加班不是沒有原因的，只有加班才有空閑的時間去思考代碼怎么寫戴卜，只有下班的時候才有時間想想今天的工作逾条！

英語學習

• constantly 持續(xù)
• productive 高效
• estimated 預估的，估算
• restless 坐立不安
• distracted 分心分神
• grab 抓取投剥，拿取
• urge 急迫的
• triggers 觸發(fā)引起
• awareness 意識
• temptation 誘惑
• notifications 通知
• relocate 重新安排
• reserve 預約师脂，儲備

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I’m going to take a guess: You’re doing something else right now in addition to reading this article. Maybe you’re in a meeting, or working on a proposal, or walking on a treadmill, or listening to your mom on the phone telling you what she had for dinner. The point is you’re multitasking.

And why wouldn’t you, when busyness has become such a badge of honor? When we’re led to believe that we need to be “doing” something at all times, why stop at one thing? Why not go for two things in a single moment, or even three? With all the pressure to be constantly productive, it’s easy to forget about all the studies telling us that multitasking isn’t effective. But there are plenty of them: Research has shown that multitasking reduces productivity(every time you switch between tasks, it takes up to nine minutes to refocus on the original task), increases the rate of errors, and may even damage your brain. The estimated global cost of multitasking is $450 billion a year. It’s also making us sad.

Let me ask you some questions:

1. Do you ever feel restless?
2. Do you feel the urge to grab your phone every five minutes (or even less)?
3. Do you find it difficult to focus on just one thing?
4. Do your relationships suffer from your “distracted” behavior?

If you answered yes to all four, you might be addicted to multitasking. I was, too. But once I became aware of my behavior, I made a concerted effort to change. Here are my tips for how to follow suit.

Pay attention

For next few days, make note of when you’re dealing with more than one task at the same time. Do you tend to multitask more at certain times of day? When you’re doing certain types of tasks? Figure out what your triggers are — without awareness, we can’t change our behavior.

Turn off notifications for your nonessential apps

To reduce the temptation to split my attention, I’ve turned off notifications on almost all the apps on my phone and computer. The exceptions include calls, messages, reminders, calendar alerts, notices from my banking app, and warnings from my security cam app. Everything else is off. I’ve gotten rid of notifications for group texts, email, social media, and news.

Check email at a few set times

Unless you work in customer service, it shouldn’t be a problem to keep your email closed throughout the day. Choose a few set times to check your messages so you’re not doing it throughout the day while working on other things.

Relocate if necessary

Too many offices are distracting. If you can’t focus where you work, reserve a conference room for a half-hour each day. If you can’t do that, request to work from home one or two days a week. Do what you can to get to a physical space where you can focus.

When you quit multitasking, your mind gets stronger, so try to see all these tips as exercise for your brain. You can do it — one task at a time.

from： https://forge.medium.com/4-tips-to-quit-multitasking-190fbed54572