{"id":544,"date":"2010-03-01T18:10:52","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T12:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/?p=544"},"modified":"2015-03-29T17:15:02","modified_gmt":"2015-03-29T22:15:02","slug":"being-mindful-of-multitasking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/being-mindful-of-multitasking\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Mindful of Multitasking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mindful-of-multitasking.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5456\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/being-mindful-of-multitasking\/mindful-of-multitasking\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mindful-of-multitasking.png?fit=800%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mindful of multitasking\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mindful-of-multitasking.png?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mindful-of-multitasking.png?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5456\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mindful-of-multitasking-200x300.png?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"multitasking\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mindful-of-multitasking.png?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mindful-of-multitasking.png?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/mindful-of-multitasking.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: 7.5pt;\">Lots of new <a title=\"NPR Myth of Multitasking\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2013\/05\/10\/182861382\/the-myth-of-multitasking\" target=\"_blank\">multi-tasking statistic<\/a>s are bringing into focus this productivity concept.\u00a0Studies\u00a0have shown that each time someone makes a \u201ctask switch,\u201d or multitasks, their productivity is actually <strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">reduced<\/span><\/strong> by 20 to 40 percent.\u00a0\u00a0 While previously thought to be a great tool, now multitasking \u00a0is glaringly not so!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: black; font-size: 7.5pt;\"><strong>Mindfully\u00a0focus on one task at a time.<\/strong>\u00a0 Start by prioritizing to be sure\u00a0this task takes highest importance.\u00a0 Purposefully stay on task by creating a <a title=\"NAPO Get Organized Month Power Period\" href=\"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/tag\/power-periods\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;power period&#8221;<\/a>, a 45 minute\u00a0time you\u00a0work on a single\u00a0project.\u00a0\u00a0Successfully working on\u00a0one project <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>makes you feel accomplishment, lowers <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>your stress and lessens the load of the total projects.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; 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