John Freeman* (Changed name) is a big time executive who always felt over worked and over stretched. He thought he could please everyone who thought they needed something from him. He always seemed to be working on ten projects, but he never thought they were getting done. He was searching for ways to do more work faster. He tried the infamous multitasking method to no avail. So he was left with one choice, the opposite of multitasking, monotasking. After adopting the ideas of “essentialism,” he, like many others, saw a huge change in his work output. Many people believe that a multitasking lifestyle is the most efficient one, but under “most” circumstances, according to experts, getting things done one at a time is a healthier, more efficient way of getting tasks and projects done.
Even though many people believe working hard on one…show more content… The health benefits of monotasking come from the lack of stress and the addition of free time. Stress is known to be detrimental to one’s physical and mental health and it has been linked to premature aging. Annie Wood discusses these benefits in an article she wrote for The Huffington Post. As Wood explains in “The Magic of Monotasking” studies by universities such as David Meyer’s study at the University of Michigan, show that multitasking may be extremely harmful to one’s health. She states that there are both short-term and long-term effects. These effects include hormone deficiency and short-term memory loss. The human body was not made for multitasking. This makes the monotasking more than just an efficiency discussion. It might not be a life or death debate, but it is a discussion about quality of life. Thankfully, a remedy to this struggle has been developed; ie, the essentialist lifestyle. One should not monotask just to make his/her loss happy, but instead to live a happy, stress, free, financially sound, and maybe most importantly – healthy
