in papers such as these the conclusion is that multi-tasking lowers mental health (lowers working memory & ability to filter out impressions while increasing distractability & stress.)
the opposite is monasticism… i’m reminded of putting in a CD into a videogame console… gotta remove it to play another game or to watch a movie… no tab-switching there.
is there a strict line between multi-tasking and monasticism?
like me waiting a certain time after writing this post before going onto watching the youtube video i just paused…
Isn’t monasticism being like a religious monk or something?
Yes, OP probably means monotasking.
About 15 minutes.
If you can work on a single thing for blocks of 15 minutes size. Then you will context switch at the human mind’s natural frequency. Anything shorter and you’ll be operating at decreased IQ. Anything longer will not produce meaningful improvements.
okay, so fifteen minute blocks of dedicated activity you say.
What about time inbetween blocks of activity? Like a cooldown time… or is the fifteen minute block baking in a cooldown time? if that phrasing makes sense
If you want cooldown between activities, you will need a rest period that is a multiple of 15 minutes.
That’s one of the reasons I like Firefox focus. Can’t just open another tab and queue it for later. One tab only is kind of nice sometimes.
