• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Retreats, Classes & Events
  • Work with me
  • Blog
  • Recipes
  • Private Events
  • Corporate Wellness

happy eats healthy

being healthy is finally delicious!

 

Healthy Chicago Cooking Classes

multi-tasking

multi-tasking is out

Is mono the new multi?

I remember the days when every job posting I searched listed ‘multi-tasking’ as a required skill. It was the topic of conversation during the interview process.

Are the days of multitasking over?

Multi-tasking means trying to perform two or more tasks concurrently, which leads to repeatedly switching between tasks. On the surface it seems like a great way to get a lot done at once.

Research is now showing that the brain works most efficiently when it can focus on a single task for a longer period of time. When you switch tasks, it causes delays in your thought process which add up to a loss of focus, resulting in attention fatigue. This research also suggests that productivity actually wanes with multi-tasking, as much as 40%! Several studies have shown that multitaskers experience challenges like problems focusing on complicated tasks, memory impairment, difficulty learning and increased stress levels.

Enter mono-tasking, or single-tasking. Exactly as it sounds, it focuses on a given task rather than dividing attention between multiple ones.  Focusing on a specific task before proceeding to another can improve our productivity and communication.

When you boil it down, mono-tasking relies on mindfulness.  It’s being present in any situation — whether you’re completing an important work project, attending a meeting or out to dinner with friends..

Think about the last time you tried to have a conversation with someone who kept checking their phone and getting distracted. How did you feel? Annoyed? Not heard? Unimportant? Needing to constantly repeat yourself?

Mastering monotasking requires two things: managing your time and blocking distractions. I would add that it also requires a commitment to be consistent. Recovering multitaskers don’t just flip a switch and automatically become single-focused. As with most things, it’s about reversing habits and creating new patterns that become new habits.

Tips to Mono-tasking:

  • Avoid looking at your phone upon waking
  • Create a list of daily priorities and time block them in your calendar
    • Use the pomodoro technique for timed work and rest intervals.
  • Do important things first in the morning
  • Be prepared to say no
  • Silence your phone or use an app that blocks distractions
  • Simply start to become aware of your multitasking habits
    • What is one thing you can change in the moment you catch yourself?

Primary Sidebar

Search

Things I Like

footprints

the importance of remembering how far you’ve come

Remembering how far you've come can be ...

Keep reading

pink-salt-benefits

my #1 salt choice

If you've followed me in any way, shape ...

Keep reading

Check out all the things I like

Your chef

Monique Costello Happy Eats Healthy Chef

About Us

Want to find your happy? You hold the key!

Happy Eats Healthy exists to help others learn about and incorporate the healing power of clean foods in their lifestyle while experiencing how delicious healthy can be. Also, cooking and eating and socializing are FUN!

> LEARN MORE

Private Events

Happy Eats Healthy Private Events

Hosting a private event?

Don’t stress, we’ll cook for you!

> LEARN MORE

Recent Posts

  • 10-minute Korean Ground Beef {df, gf}
  • Bailey’s Irish Cream Mocktail {v, gf}
  • GF Quinoa Pizza
  • GF Focaccia Bread {gf, v}
  • Bison Osso Buco with Kale {low fodmap}

Read by category

  • Apps & Snacks
  • baking
  • Beauty
  • blogging
  • Bread
  • Breakfast
  • Breakfast
  • Dairy-Free
  • Dessert
  • Detox
  • Drinks & Cocktails
  • Fall
  • Fermentation
  • from scratch
  • Gluten-Free
  • Happy Eats Healthy
  • Home
  • Kitchen
  • Main
  • Meats & Fish
  • Paleo
  • Recipes
  • Salads
  • Sauces
  • Season
  • Self Care
  • Sides
  • Skin Care
  • soap
  • Soups
  • Special Diets
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Super Foods
  • Supplements
  • Sweets
  • Things I Like
  • Tools
  • Tutorials
  • vegan
  • Vegan
  • vegetarian
  • Vegetarian
  • Veggies
  • Winter

Archives

Footer

Join the Party

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

More to Explore

  • About Us
  • Things I Like
  • Happy Clients
  • Contact

Want More Monique?

Visit her here

Copyright © 2023 · Happy Eats Healthy · All Rights Reserved