Multi-Tasking

It has been a month weeks since the start of school. Secondary two life has indeed been stressful. There is a lot of homework everyday, and everyone has much more commitments and hence have little time for themselves. People tend to multitask, as they think this saves time. However, recent studies have proven that it is all not that good.

Firstly... Some brief history about the word "multitasking itself. "Multi-tasking" was a phrase first minted (in Silicon Valley) to describe computers that could run more than one program at a time. But in the 21st century, we've all become human multitaskers. There has been lot of controversy about multi-tasking and whether it increases or decreases productivity. There are pros and cons to multi-tasking. On one hand, it allows us to do more things at once and save time. Also, it can prevent boredom. On the other hand, multi-tasking can make us feel overwhelmed and may result in a poor quality of work. Hence, to make the most out of multitasking, I feel that it is important to learn to multi-task in a way that it reaps more benefits instead of losses.

There are many benefits to multi-tasking. We are able to do many things and include many activities in one day. This can make our lives feel more well-rounded and richer in experience. In a stressful and hectic world like this, multi-tasking is often the only way to get everything done.

Unfortunately, these benefits do not come without losses. Multi-tasking divides our attention and when we multi-task, work produced is often of poor quality and standard. To add on to that, we waste time instead of save time when we switch between tasks and have to keep reminding ourselves where we stopped. In many cases, tasks simply don’t get finished at all because we try to do everything at once and end up not accomplishing anything at all.

I feel that the key to making the most out of multi-tasking is to prioritise our work. Assignments that are of high importance and should be of high quality should be given sole attention. Assignments of lower importance and of short duration can be done together. This way, we will be able to save time and at the same time produce work of good quality.

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