Wishing that we, mere mortal, can do more than one task at a time is not an idiosyncrasy. 24 hours is not enough to do several task in a day. We believe that and live with it. We think, the more task we can do at a time, will make us a better person. We think, we should do that and for anyone who cannot do that, they should learn.

It is true that, nowadays, we have more gadgets to make us connected with friends and business partners. However, on the other side, those things disturb us to focus to finish our job.

Another example, you probably have a bad habit like me. Screen-sucking. It’s a term used for the people who waste their time by browsing the Internet for nothing.

This article from Time magazine explains how multitask people live and how gadgets have distraction effect to make you lost of focus.