🐧 EVERYDAY LIFE⚡ 22 SEC
Humans can only do one thing at a time anyway 🎪
Just Switching
Multitasking is just switching your attention again and again because you are worried.
Only One
Humans can only do 1 thing at a time in the first place.
⚡ TRY IT
The juggling penguin
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🔴 Balls: 0
💥 Dropped: 0
😵 Panic
Tap "Add one more" and watch the penguin.
😌 1 ball. Easy.
😅 2 balls… switching very fast.
💥 Oops! Things are dropping.
😌 Just one. That is all a human can do anyway.
Feels Easier
Thinking, "I can only do 1 thing anyway," is easier than "I must focus on 1 thing."
Emergency Joke
People say Burkeman is good in emergencies. The reason, he says, is that he worries a lot every day and annoys people.
📚 I learned this from Oliver Burkeman's newsletter. Read the original (English)
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