Have you ever fallen into the multitasking trap?
I know I have, and it took me a long time to realize that juggling multiple tasks at a time doesn’t really help you get more done.
Sure, it feels very productive to work on multiple things, jumping back and forth and making progress on all of them.
But at the end of the day, you don’t get nearly as much done as you think.
There’s plenty of research out there to support the idea that focusing on one task at a time is the way to go.
In today’s post, I’ll share an interesting secret to focusing on one task at a time with you. This approach could be the thing to help you cut down on the stress you’re under.
Here’s how and why it works!
When you work on one task at a time, you don’t have to worry about everything else…
- You don’t have to keep multiple tabs going in your mind
- You don’t have to deal with all the clutter, distraction, and noise multitasking brings with it
- You can stop worrying and allocating mental resources to everything you’re juggling at once
Instead you can give your undivided attention to the one task you’ve set yourself.
It’s very freeing and calming and gives you focus, attention, and plenty of mental or physical energy to see it through to the end.
Not convinced this could greatly reduce the amount of stress you’re under?!
Think about the mental list you have in your head right now of everything you’re working on or should be working on.
If it’s anything like mine, it’s pretty long and you tend to add more items to it than you check of.
When you focus on one task at a time, you get done with it quickly and best of all, you can check it off. You don’t have to keep tabs on it anymore.
Instead, you can simply move on to the next item, and the next, and the next.
Before you know it, you’ve made some serious progress and closed quite a few mental tabs.
By focusing on one task at a time and completing more items on your laundry list of things, you’re also less likely to fall down the rabbit hole.
You don’t get distracted and most importantly, you don’t end up adding more and more tasks as you go along.
Instead, you add them gradually as needed while you’re focusing on your main task for the day.
Try letting go of your multitasking habit and see if it doesn’t help you focus, do you can get more things done while reducing your stress levels.
