4 Tips to Quit Multitasking
It’s messing with your brain — and your happiness
整合自己想法的總結
這裏有四個方法去避免自己陷入並行處理的“陷阱”
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合理使用一些方法記錄自己處理任務時的情況，是否頻繁被打斷而做其他事。
這裏相當於反饋與總結，讓自己能夠全局的瞭解到自己做一件事效率怎麼樣，如何做改進。 -
關閉所有app通知。
個人也完全推薦這一點，也是瘋狂的實踐者：-
有兩個微信號，一個工作，一個私人的。
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app很多通知我都會選擇不提示不提醒，短信也一樣。
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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。
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幾乎所有應用權限都設置了一遍，不給彈窗。
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qq、微信各種羣都是設置爲“進入羣助手且不提醒”的狀態。
所以手機一直保持輕輕酸爽的狀態，只要響了，一定是重要的事。
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短時間內處理郵件。
一般我個人工作郵件也不會打開，除非自己去看，所以是不會有提示的，並且儘可能在同一個時間批量處理郵件。 -
一個舒適的環境
學習，是一個需要深度思考的事，所以最好找一個安靜的地方，能讓自己獨處在一個空間內，斷絕任何干擾。以上是對英文的小總結，結合自己平時生活習慣的連接，下面是進入第二次思考。
多任務處理，在上大學的時候，看到有一個朋友特別牛，電腦兩個屏幕，一個屏幕在播電影，一個屏幕在玩遊戲，手機放在面前又一個手遊，三件事情同時處理，那個時候看到後，內心覺得很是欽佩，快速切換實現一次性處理三件事，看起來是挺高效的。
這是針對一些輕鬆的事情，或者不需要更多思考方面就可以快速切換的處理，但如果需要深入思考，比如學習，思考某個問題，那麼並行處理其他事情，比如再思考的時候，有一個電話打過來，或者突然看到一個興趣的話題，就跳轉到另外一個不相關問題的思考，會讓我們效率低下 ，因爲當我們在切換的時候，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，頻繁的切換，並不高效。
這裏有個比喻，我們的大腦就像是電腦的CPU一樣，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，這裏類似於我們的深度思考，特別需要大腦的佔用），那就不推薦頻繁切換了，因爲切換的代價太大，切換隻會降低CPU處理任務的效率。
在公司，我們也經常會遇到，一天內，一個重要的任務會瘋狂被其他事打擾，比如說萌新的要去幫忙搬桌椅，工會代表臨時要開會得去參加，接着小組站立會，幫實施組部署機子，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，加班不是沒有原因的，只有加班纔有空閒的時間去思考代碼怎麼寫，只有下班的時候纔有時間想想今天的工作！
英語學習
- constantly 持續
- productive 高效
- estimated 預估的，估算
- restless 坐立不安
- distracted 分心分神
- grab 抓取，拿取
- urge 急迫的
- triggers 觸發引起
- awareness 意識
- temptation 誘惑
- notifications 通知
- relocate 重新安排
- reserve 預約，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:
- Do you ever feel restless?
- Do you feel the urge to grab your phone every five minutes (or even less)?
- Do you find it difficult to focus on just one thing?
- 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
