Comments on: Why you should stop multi-tasking

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Sun, 09 Aug 2015 17:16:00 +0000

In reply to Kelly Blackwell. Having a notebook to write things down is a really good idea. LOVE your simile: tense as a cat in a storm!

By: Kelly Blackwell

Kelly Blackwell — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 19:43:00 +0000

I have learned that I am not a proficient multitasker and I am so glad I did. One of my big issues was my mind would come up with more things for me to do while I was multitasking. I’d end up throwing my focus in every direction and tense as a cat in a storm. I have stuck now to one thing at a time and I keep a notebook at the ready. Anything that pops in my mind gets written on the notebook and I move on.

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:07:00 +0000

In reply to Joyce Chaves. "A little bit every day" is my lifelong motto!

By: Joyce Chaves

Joyce Chaves — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:03:00 +0000

In reply to Daphne Gray-Grant.

I have three year-old twins and I loved your life story and your family.
I’ve decided to retake my studies to comprehend your tips.
Thanks! You are helping me to improve my writing and my second language.
A little bit every day.

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 13:18:00 +0000

In reply to Russ Skinner. Thanks so much for catching this, Russ. I've made the fixes, now.

By: Russ Skinner

Russ Skinner — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 12:20:00 +0000

Good post, Daphne. One quibble, under point 2, the sentence starting, “Well, oxygenated glucose the exactly same fuel…” should have “is” (or equivalent verb) between “glucose” and “the,” and “exactly” isn’t exactly the word you want there!

Keep up the great content. Now I have to check my email.

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 02:56:00 +0000

In reply to Caryl Forrest. I agree. But can't you treat FB like the postal carrier? Pick it up no more than once a day! Why don't you suggest your nephew phone or text you if he needs immediate help?

By: Caryl Forrest

Caryl Forrest — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:37:00 +0000

I live and work in a remote rural community and depend on email and Facebook for both work and social contact. But it’s a mixed blessing and often a distraction. I am mentoring my nephew, who is setting up a new business. I find the ping of Facebook messages from him to be the greatest distraction as I often lose my train of thought. “Maybe I ought to check. He might be having a problem.” While there are huge benefits with email, I think life was simpler when the postman brought the letters in the morning and that was that.

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 23:57:00 +0000

In reply to Marco Antonio Vazquez Elias. You are not unusual, Marco. Very few people are able to multi-task.

By: Marco Antonio Vazquez Elias

Marco Antonio Vazquez Elias — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 23:21:00 +0000

To tell the truth, I can not do multitasking. That´s it. I think that is a certain kind of procrastination or sabotage to my own work. At the present time, I try to do several tasks one at a time. In fact, when I finish one of them, I take some time to do anything funny. I try to do some relaxation and after that I will start my next task. In this way, I hope achieve physical and mental health.