What’s a topic or issue about which youβve changed your mind?
There was a time when I believed that multitasking was a superpower. I wore it like a badge of honorβtyping emails while answering phone calls, listening to podcasts while cooking, switching between tabs faster than my thoughts could settle. If someone asked me how I managed it all, Iβd proudly say, βIβm great at multitasking.β
But the truth revealed itself slowly, like a curtain being pulled back.
One afternoon, I was working on a project deadline, sipping coffee, and scrolling through messages all at once. Hours passed, yet my work was far from complete. Worse, the quality wasnβt what it should have been. That day, instead of pride, I felt exhaustionβand a nagging sense that maybe my βskillβ wasnβt a strength at all.
It made me pause.
The next week, I tried something radical: doing just one thing at a time. When I wrote, I only wrote. When I ate, I only ate. When I spoke to someone, I gave them my full attention. The surprising part? Not only did I finish tasks faster, but I also felt calmer, more present, and oddly lighter.
That was the day my belief in multitasking crumbled, replaced by a newfound respect for focus. What I once thought was efficiency turned out to be distraction in disguise.
Now, I no longer see multitasking as a superpower. Instead, Iβve changed my mind and embraced single-taskingβthe quiet, underrated art of being fully in the moment.
Sometimes, the biggest change of mind isnβt about politics, or career choices, or grand philosophies. Itβs about those tiny shifts in perspective that transform how you live your everyday life.
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