WHAT NOT TO DO IN YOUR MORNING ROUTINE

“When we describe multitasking we’re often describing context switching, the act of opening up our email and looking through it for ‘just’ two minutes before returning to our original task. Context switching is inherently bad for us—every time we switch between doing our work and reading an article online, or reading an article online and checking our phones, we experience a ‘transaction cost’ that drains our energy and slows us down.

Multitasking is the act of doing two or more tasks at the same time, with varying levels of success. While most attempts at multitasking tend to fail (as anyone who has ever attempted to order groceries online while feigning an all-ears presence on a conference call can attest), certain activities can be worked alongside each other, such as cycling to work (you get to where you’re going while getting a workout in), or, if you can do it safely, listening to an audiobook in the car.” - Benjamin Spall and Michael Xander from My Morning Routine