Don't let this Fubar your Brain

byPaPaGrizz

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10 years ago

Ever write your blog posts while watching TV? Sitting in on a conference call? Listening to the crap in a open office?

You’re asking your brain to divide its attention and like it or not, it can’t do that. Our brains are not capable of focusing on multiple tasks at once. They simply aren’t ! We think they are, but what’s happening is your brain is jumping back and forth between the tasks, trying to focus briefly one at a time.

And not only can our brains not make it happen, but can get FUBAR, when we try to force them ( if you don't know what Fubar, means, private message me, and I will explain).

Constant interruption (which is what multitasking is) brings on higher levels of stress. It’s intellectual over over load, and it dulls your brain and our reaction times.

According to a study at the University of Sussex, constant multitasking actually damages your brain. They found out that people who regularly multitasking have lower brain density in the region of their brain responsible for empathy, cognitive control and emotional control.

The good news is that you can fix that damage, the study found, if you take up activities that require concentration or make changes to the things distracting you. Work on one thing at a time, in a place where you can concentrate.

So Stop. Don’t multitask. Don’t damage your brain. Because that’s going to have an effect on your writing, obviously, as well as how you cope with the rest of the workload that content marketing requires.

Maybe this will help you to understand where I am comiing from.

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/papagrizz/blog/lea...

My point is, after all the brain cells that are gone, all the work and, yea, drinking I use to do, I can still see the errors of my ways.

I reckon I should stop now, before I get carried away.

Thanks for reading,

Al (PaPaGrizz) Nelson