Why Multi-Tasking is Killing Your Brain

These days we all do it: multitasking. We are experts at responding to emails, text messages and social media feeds, while working on important tasks. But, it just might be killing us.

And that’s where the story begins.

The Juggler

Multi-tasking is like juggling. A good juggler touches each ball for only a millisecond but keeps them in the air. They seem to float effortlessly, in perfect unison.

But have you noticed that if a juggler misses one ball, they all come crashing down? When the balls hit the floor, it’s chaos. like somebody kicked over an anthill.

That’s what happens when multi-tasking goes awry.

Multitasking vs. Deep Work

We’ve been led to believe that juggling tasks is the most efficient — if not only — way to manage the multiple strands of our lives. But learned. people are now claiming that, instead of being the secret weapon of the overachiever, multitasking is actually making us more anxious and less efficient. Apparently switching back and forth between tasks uses up a lot of brainpower.