The joy of one thing at a time

We shine at doing three or four things at once. We pack lunchboxes while having breakfast, and put our mascara on while checking e-mails. We can do it. We can also buy a present online while the TV is on while we are sending a text message and helping with homework. But how much fun is it to be able to do this all? For us, it turned out that doing one thing at a time was more peaceful and fulfilling, We share three insights about the joy of one thing at a time.

Multitasking is a myth
“Multitasking means constantly switching from one task to the other. When we are distracted, it takes about fifteen minutes to fully concentrate again on the task at hand. When we do several things at once, they take more time and we are less productive,” says Sjoukje van de Kolk in her book Aandacht (‘Attention’).