Multitasking

Now that technology has emerged as part of people's lifestyle, there is an increase of multitasking that is now part of our lives. In some people's perspective, multitasking can be seen as an advantage; for example, in the business world, constantly performing several tasks at once can lead to a drop in productivity. This has affected the way our brains function, it raises stress levels, and sometimes causes headaches or migraines. It may seem like multitasking is a method to finish quickly and to get tasks done throughout the day, but it really makes things harder to finish. When doing two or more tasks, a person makes more mistakes than when they just focus hard on one task. In fact, achieving too much at once will lead to negative side effects, …show more content…
Texting and driving is as dangerous as drunk driving, yet that doesn’t stop us from doing it, even while we have our own children or friends in the back of the car. Zillions of messages are sent by cellphone users while they are at the steering wheel, and are at a higher rate endangerment of crashes. Drivers think nothing bad is going to happen to them, but they can go from a normal situation to crashing into another car or any other type of car accident, just because they prioritize their phone over their safety. On the other hand, it’s not just driving that puts us at a risk for the consequences of multitasking either. Pedestrians who use mobile devices while walking are less likely to look before stepping into a crosswalk. One in five pedestrians went to the emergency room after being hit by a car while using a smartphone at the time of the accident. I was walking to school in the morning, normally there is a crossing guard to help us cross the street, but the crossing guard did not show up. In front of me I saw a student running while texting on her phone, she noticed that it was her turn to walk, while crossing street she did not notice a driver taking a sharp turn and in a blink of an eye, she was in major pain and started to scream for help. Before the ambulance arrived a driver and I carried her to the sidewalk. Thankfully, nothing serious happened and she had to wear a walking boot for several …show more content…
It is important that people are informed of this fact for them to be aware of what could happen if they keep on multitasking. Its practice should be kept to a minimum to prevent wearing out the brain. If we multitasking all the time, all the mental or emotional clutter in our head might be causing distraction; therefore the stress level, will cause people to lose clarity and productivity. Not only that, sometimes stacks of "to do" lists will get longer and longer because people constantly making mistakes. Multitasking is nothing else but shifting between tasks, as the human brain is not capable of maintaining attention on different tasks for a long