Multitasking gives you brain cancer

Started by Magdalena~ June 5th, 2012 1:52 PM
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How good are you at multitasking? Do you like multitasking/do you do it often? Does your busy schedule necessitate multitasking or do you do it just for the heck of it? How many tasks can you juggle at one time?

Personally, I think I'm relatively good at multitasking, provided all the things I'm doing interest me enough. Currently I'm playing Pokémon, playing Spyro, writing this thread, drinking tea and talking to two three people. Sometimes I actually focus on things more when I'm doing a million things at once.

So everyone else, come forth and regale us with a tale of all your multitastic misadventures! I eagerly await your replies! :D
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Better not keep the young lady waiting then . . .

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Nah, jay kay man. I'm alright at multi tasking. Back at uni, I would type with one hand and use the mouse with the other hand to flick between programs and stuff like that. First example which came to mind, I'm sure there are others but yeah.

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Multitasking... yeah, I think that's a habit for me: I can text, play the DS, watch the TV, read something that I need to/do homework... all at the same time, although sometimes, I do more... or less. Multitasking is fun, as long as I'm not doing burdening stuffs. xD
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I'm not great at multitasking, but I'm not terrible either. The most things I can ever do at once is 3 - which is watching TV, typing and eating dinner, which I'm doing right now lol. Usually I'm always watching TV while I use my laptop to post here or chat to people, so I guess that makes me decent at it.

I could never multitask on things that are actually important though. Like assignments with TV, TV would just take over and I'd get nothing done haha. I speak from experience.
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I...am good at multitasking!

-I can't say I like it, but I do it daily, so I'm pretty good at it.

-My body does it without thinking. It's awesome like that.

-I can juggle a lot of tasks at once: computer, eating, homework, talking to somebody on the phone: That's my daily life.

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Mr Cat Dog

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I'd rather do just one thing at a time but, if the situation calls for it, I can do up to five things at once. So long as those things are comprised of: watching TV, eating, drinking, browsing the internet, talking to someone. Not all directly at the same time, of course - Drinking and talking can't end well - but around the same time. But, for the most part, I'd rather direct my attention on one thing and try to do it well than to spread myself thin over lots of tasks.

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I'm fairly good at multitasking due to my high attention to detail and ability to process things quickly. I'm not always in the mood to multitask and don't pride myself in doing so. If I can spend time on one thing and give it my undivided attention I would rather do that.

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I multi-task very well. I do it every day where I will be typing out an email to a client and someone will be talking to me. I can take in what they are saying, remember it and still type out a perfect email and sometimes reply to them mid typing.

Other things, I just seem to be able to multitask well. ;D

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I'm okay with multitasking, but not great. For me it's not a matter of remembering several separate topics (I'm pretty good at that) but it's balancing how much attention I give to each task I'm trying to complete. Sometimes one starts to outweigh the others and I begin focusing on just that one task. I've chatted on IM, talked on the phone, and typed up a reply to a PC thread all at the same time before. When it comes to juggling schoolwork and more "fun" activities. that's when my multitasking skills tend to falter.

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I can't multitask very well. I can't even keep a conversation going and write at the same time. I have to focus on one thing at a time, otherwise everything suffers or I don't pay enough attention to it. It sucks.

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I'm usually multitasking when watching TV and on here, but as for doing actual things, I can't really play my DS and use my iPhone at the same time, but I can shave and dry my hair at the same time. Idk it depends on what in particular I'm doing. Usually not more than two things lol. :x

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I'm horrible at it, honestly. q__q' I can't even type/talk that well to people if I'm listening to music at the same time... but for some reason I manage to draw fine while listening to music lol, which confuses me. But yeah, in general, I'm very bad. Gotta focus my attention on a single thing or else my performance gets noticeably worse.