Multitasking is a myth. You might think you’re good at it, but the truth is that your brain isn’t wired for multitasking. In fact, studies show that multitasking makes us less efficient and prone to mistakes. It’s easy enough to understand why we want to multitask: we want everything done yesterday and are so busy trying to get everything done today that we just assume we can also do several things at once without any of them suffering as a result. But our brains aren’t designed for this kind of intense work—and they’re certainly not designed for it in a way that makes it easier to focus on one task rather than many! Even worse, research shows that the more things you try to do at once, the less likely (on average) those things will get done well or even at all because there’s too much going on in our heads all at once. Still not convinced? Let’s take some time out of our busy schedules right now and look at some reasons why multitasking won’t work out well for anyone involved:

It’s not just easy, it’s useful.

In theory, we’re all capable of multitasking. In practice, however, most of us often forget to check our phone while deep in conversation or pick up a pen while folding laundry. When we do actually manage to accomplish multiple tasks at once—like sending an email while listening to music—our attention tends to be divided between the two activities and neither one gets done as well as it could have been had they both been done separately.

So what makes one activity more demanding than another? Generally speaking, any activity that involves your hands is easier to do simultaneously with something else than is an activity that requires your eyes and ears (and brain). This might be why we can listen to music without disrupting our work but don’t generally write emails while driving because it would require too much attention from other senses.

Multitasking comes naturally when you’re doing something like checking email or listening to music because these are things your brain and body already know how  to do together–you don’t need instructions on how they go together; they just happen automatically! But if someone told you today was International Multitasking Day and asked you what was special about today compared with any other day this week…you’d probably say: “nothing!” That’s because even though these things are automatic for us now (i.e.: “I eat breakfast every day”), when we first learned these tasks–like eating breakfast–they weren’t so easy!

It seems efficient, but it actually slows you down.

Multitasking is the practice of doing more than one thing at once. It seems efficient, but it actually slows you down and makes you less productive.

You will be less efficient if you try to multitask because your brain can only focus on one task at a time. When you switch between tasks, it takes time for your brain to refocus on each new task and adjust its priorities accordingly. Your performance is worse when multitasking than when concentrating on a single task at a time because of these constant interruptions and reorientations.

Your brain is not wired for it.

Consider this: your brain is not designed to multitask. In fact, the brain can only focus on one thing at a time. This is why when you try to do two things at once (for example, talking on the phone and watching TV), you’re less effective than if you were simply doing one thing at time.

The human brain evolved over millions of years and has adapted itself to an environment where we are constantly trying to survive, so it’s no surprise that our brains are not wired for something as modern as multitasking.

It leads to poor long-term memory and learning.

Multitasking is a myth. Research shows that when working on multiple tasks, you’re actually not doing anything at work. Instead of getting things done and being more efficient, multitasking distracts you from your work and makes it harder to get things done in the long run. Multitasking also makes you less productive. When we try and focus on multiple things at once, our brains become exhausted trying to switch between tasks so quickly – like trying to talk while chewing gum or walk down stairs while balancing on a pair of stilts!

Because it’s such an ingrained habit for most of us by now, stopping multitasking can be difficult but totally worth it if we want to avoid getting distracted from our work as much as possible (and be more productive!).

It makes you less happy.

A lack of focus is one of the main reasons why multitasking isn’t good for you. When you’re busy juggling multiple tasks at once, it’s impossible to really enjoy what you’re doing. It’s hard to feel happy when your attention keeps wandering and getting distracted by other things!

Additionally, we tend to think we can multitask because it looks like people do it all the time; however in reality we’re not very good at it. Studies have shown that our brains are less efficient at processing two tasks simultaneously than they are when working on just one thing in isolation (a phenomenon known as “switching costs”).

It increases your stress levels.

The stress caused by multitasking can have serious consequences for your health. Stress is a major cause of illness and disease, which can lead to poor sleep, memory problems, and other mental disorders. Stress can also make you less likely to eat properly—and eating right is essential to maintaining good health.

It’s important that you take steps to reduce the amount of stress in your life as much as possible. A good first step is reducing the number of distractions that pull you away from what you’re doing at any given moment. Eliminating distractions will allow you to improve the quality of your work and accomplish more with less effort on your part!

It makes you look bad.

• It makes you look like you’re not working. If your boss sees you texting or scrolling through Facebook in meetings, he’s going to think that you’re not taking this whole “work” thing seriously.

• It makes it difficult for you to do your job well. When you’re multitasking, everything takes longer and requires more effort on your part—which means that when the time comes to deliver results, it’ll be harder for people to see how much work went into them because they’ll only notice the end result (and not all those hours spent working). This can create some serious problems down the line with things like raises, promotions and even getting fired (if they feel like they have no other choice).

• It makes it hard for others around you who are trying their best at their jobs but find themselves struggling because of how distracted everyone else seems as a result of their own multitasking habits!

multitasking is a myth

Multitasking is a myth. In fact, your brain can only focus on one thing at a time. This means that when you’re doing one task and thinking about another, you’re actually switching between them rapidly—which takes a lot of energy and makes the tasks take longer than they would otherwise.

The common misconception that we can multitask is due to our brains’ tendency to perceive these switches as single actions rather than two separate ones. It’s all about perception: when you think about something else for even just a moment, it feels like you’ve completed one task, so we don’t count it as another task altogether. But in reality, your brain has divided its capacity into two different things—and now has to switch between them constantly!

If you’ve been thinking about giving up multitasking, now’s the time to do it. The science is clear: Your brain can’t actually handle multiple tasks at once, and trying to do so will only result in less productivity and more stress. Give yourself permission to focus on one thing at a time, even if it means taking longer to get the job done. After all, quality over quantity!