Multitasking is overrated
Multitasking can be good in many ways, but when it comes to working on your Mac, or any computer, it can be a distraction. I’ve found that working on one app or task at a time yields way more productive than trying to do too much at the same time.
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I don’t multitask because I’d rather focus on one thing at a time. Big screens and multiple windows are just distractions. I use a 13-inch MacBook with one app taking up the screen, and it just works. Multitasking has its uses, but for actual work it’s overrated and a real distraction.
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It’s not common when someone comes out and says they don’t multitask, but I’m actually one of those people. I don’t like multitasking when I’m working on something. If I’m working on a project, if I’m working with a client, I’d rather focus on that one client or focus on that one tool on my computer.
Many have, you know, big screens. They love big 32-inch screens, and that to me blows my mind because to me, having a big big big, means having lots of things on screen. That to me is kind of multitasking because you’re looking at different things.
For me, I have a MacBook Pro 13 inch and whenever I’m in an app, whether it’s email, base camp, daylight, whatever it is, whatever notes, it’s always big screen. Not full screen, I don’t like full screen, but big screen so I can see the menu bar at the top. But it’s literally one screen.
So when I’m writing a note, it’s one screen. When I’m web browsing, it’s one screen. I don’t see anything else.
Because again, I think multitasking, for certain things, it’s good. Like, I can listen to someone and watch a TV. Watch TV. I don’t have a TV, but you get what I mean, watch something. And I can deal with it.
But when it comes to work and the productivity with your tools, multitasking is a real pain. It’s best to just focus on one thing. One thing only.
So again, if you have a big screen, you may need it for specific things like spreadsheets, but do you have more than one thing on screen? You might have multiple spreadsheets because you need to copy and paste. I get that, but I’ve been so happy with just having a 13-inch, so I make the windows in such a way where I can copy-paste really easy. And keyboard shortcuts are, you know, you can win with keyboard shortcuts.
So again, multitasking is good, yeah. It’s a good thing to know and have, but when it comes to actually working, I don’t think multitasking is any good, and that’s why I think it’s overrated because you just don’t need it.
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