No more multitasking

I’m trying to train my brain to follow my actions of leaving the world of multitasking

To CJ Malmsten.

What used to be a skill or at least something fun is now turning into more of a problem though. But I don’t believe that skipping on the surface is the solution, I believe that makes it into an ever bigger problem.

I don’t want to learn a little about a million things anymore. I rather learn a lot about ten things to fully grasp them.

Sure you could argue that there’s no need to read a book if you can make conclusions based on the title alone. But to me that seems a bit foolish and it’s better to look at a subject and think: I either learn this, or I don’t.

And although it’s perfectly fine to say I’m not going to learn this — that’s where I have a problem. But I’m working on not trying to learn things.

The quote you posted is inspiring. But I don’t think it says that you should just give up on being interested in things. I take it as we need to find another approach to learning and consuming.

I’m actually working on simplifying all I do in order to have the time to focus on all that interests me.

And I never do it with multitasking. Although my mind hasn’t fully converted to not multitask, my workflow sure has.

A part of this journey is that I’m replacing my laptop as my main computer (and have encouraged you to do as well). I know it might sound silly, but using my iPad (and iOS) as my main computer is really making me more productive and less stressed.

This is something that I will explore further and definitely write more about.

P.S Watched two episodes of Westworld but I think it will end there. But if you haven’t yet I strongly recommend you sign up for Azeems newsletter to learn really interesting things about AI.

This post was published in A Conversation, a weekly ongoing exploration of topics between Dennis Cessan and CJ Malmsten.