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Dec. 15th, 2019 09:17 pmI noticed recently that I wasn't really processing the tv shows I was watching, because I was "multi-tasking" my way through them. Research shows that one doesn't actually multi-task, one switches back and forth rapidly. So, what I'm really doing is EITHER watching the show, OR playing on my phone, OR writing in my notebook, but none of them are actually getting any sustained attention.
So this weekend I've been working on catching myself when I reach for a second task while performing a first. It's been amazing to see how many times I catch myself doing two things at once. The worst culprit is my phone and the television. Which both makes me do pretty terribly at my phone game and means I have only a vague idea of what happens in the show.
Even after only one day I'm doing better at catching myself at it, but I've been pretty amazed that even when making that my focus for self-improvement this weekend, I miss the fact I'm about to do it and catch myself ALREADY doing a 2 for 1 fairly often.
So that's something to work on.
So this weekend I've been working on catching myself when I reach for a second task while performing a first. It's been amazing to see how many times I catch myself doing two things at once. The worst culprit is my phone and the television. Which both makes me do pretty terribly at my phone game and means I have only a vague idea of what happens in the show.
Even after only one day I'm doing better at catching myself at it, but I've been pretty amazed that even when making that my focus for self-improvement this weekend, I miss the fact I'm about to do it and catch myself ALREADY doing a 2 for 1 fairly often.
So that's something to work on.
