The Strange Challenge of Monotasking

There’s a huge productivity push these days, there to make sure we can do all the things at once.

But sometimes I find that I can divide my energy and time among all the things, and finish none of them, or have them all be rush jobs; or I can narrow the focus and do better at whatever’s foremost in the queue.

There’s an emotional hurdle where I have to be okay with a queue of things and not think it’s too big, and not panic at the sight of it thinking how can I ever get all these things done. The answer is that I will get them done one at a time, and that way, actually get them done.

Do you feel the same?