We can focus on one thing at a time reallyUsing Social media lowers gradescontext switching can waste around 40% of timelowers current IQ by 10 and damages brain
More decision makingInduces stress hormonesPre frontal conext, small memory, has to switch
Why do we actually do it.
FOMOThe part of the brain is prone to novelty
Maybe this isn’t a great idea
Lots of lifehack articles
20% of effort does 80% of the job
Sleep more often
Be kinder to yourself
But bascially task switching is very expensive it takes around 20minutes to come back into deep focus
How can we prevent it?Maybe this isn’t a great ideaNotificationsArticles point to getting rid of distrations
Takes 23 minutes to get back to a task
Wasn’t enoughNot about just notificationsStill got lost on linkedin and sucked in, into FB, emailsThe other worlds just absorbed me beyond control