#Multitasking

[miss-ingno]

Okay but. While these look similar, they are not actually the same?

Multitasking is about switching your attention within fractions of seconds between tasks, e.g. talking on the phone + writing your thesis paper + researching a third secret thing. The theory was originally that by doing equally important tasks simultaneously you could save time, a skill you were supposed to train to be good at. But studies show that the constant switching between tasks ends up decreasing your efficiency level than if you focussed on one single task, and then did the other after. So the effect of multitasking is that you take longer and turn in shoddier work.

ADHD brain OTOH is understimulated. This is why ADHD people tend to drink a lot of caffeine, for example. So having multiple things going on helps you focus on the task at hand. Personally, for me these have to be sufficiently different tasks (listening to music while writing fic, chatting on the phone while doing household chores) that don't target the same brain areas as my 'main' task I want to get done. In these examples music and doing chores (or fidget toys, crocheting, playing games like solitaire or candy crush, etc. - things to keep my hands occupied) are the stimulant that allow me to focus on the main task without my brain growing bored from the lack of stimulation.

Literally every single Neuroscience guy I listen to on audiobooks and podcasts: Multitasking is a lie. You are not more efficient. You're just rapidly switching between tasks and doing all of them slower but your brain is tricking itself into thinking it's more efficient because you get a little dopamine reward when you activate the 'change task' neurons. And you're burning up way more glucose in the process, leaving you more tired with less done. STOP MULTITASKING. JUST DO ONE THING. PLEASE IT'S ONLY WORSENING YOUR ATTENTION SPAN. WE'RE BEGGING YOU, PLEA--

My ADHD: Don't listen to them, babydoll. You are sooooooo efficient and attractive. Whoop. You got an email. Whoop you got a text. Whoop you got a blog ask. WOW look at all the tabs open on this window. Do you even remember what they're all for? Better look through them and close the ones you're not using because you're soooo sexy and efficient. Whoop, email again.

[laestoica]

[retrogamingblog2]

Nintendo Switch Accessories made by inceptualize3D

[dc-dorito]

Jason : Ey replacement, stop being suicidal for a minute and help me with this

Tim : I can multitask, what do you want?

[adastra-sf]

Multitasking is not a productivity booster - it's a brain drain that harms cognitive performance.

“Multitaskers are terrible at ignoring irrelevant information, they’re terrible at keeping information in their head nicely and neatly organized, and they’re terrible at switching from one task to another.”

full story: X

[kacchanot-fucking-deal-with-this]

do you have any idea how hard it is to keep fanon and canon media separate in your brain when you are actively 1.) watching the anime 2.) reading the manga 3.) reading multiple fanfics 4.) writing multiple fanfics and 5.) consuming mass amounts of fanart and fan comics that alternate between canon and fanon content

[allergic-to-some-stuff]

One of the great disappointments in life is that I cannot knit and read at the same time

[nootie-patootie]

When you’re turning to the other side, but also need to clean yourself 🐈‍⬛🛀🏼

[doctorr-ivo-robotnik]

Is Ao3 down again or is the WiFi of my soeur d'oeuf just really bad

[funbearer]

[neilsanders]

walking and measuring MULTITASKER

[doubledaybooks]

“There is no such thing as multitasking; you just end up alternating between doing different tasks badly.” -Dr. Charan Ranganath, WHY WE REMEMBER

[milquetoast-zeitgeist]

Show of hands, because I need to know I'm not alone:

Are you the type of neurodivergent that gets irrationally angry when you've started a task and then something happens that you have to address/go do, that interrupts task #1, and in doing so just sends you spiralling; ruins your day, ends up being just one thing too much?

[adhd-languages]

I know this is going to be a massively unpopular opinion, but you can’t actually multitask.

You can do multiple things at once, but only if one is purely habitual. (Walking and talking, for example)

You can’t actually read posts while watching TV, or text someone while talking to someone else. You’re actually rapidly switching between tasks, which makes you less effective!

When you have ADHD, there’s that little devil in your brain that’s going to try to convince you that you need to be on tumblr as a stim to get work done or pay attention. This is objectively untrue. Don’t listen to it, and get a fidget toy of some description instead.

[drkhldwtch]

Just me and my emotional support show trying to get through this work week. 💚💜

[everyday-is-uncle-day]

Jamie holding onto Richard while stretching 🙆‍♂️

He’s Multitasking! Listening to Ted but also ….