I multitask precisely as a multitasking OS does. It works reasonably well. This is to say, I do focus on one thing at a time and task-switch. When I task switch I store the state information I need to return to the prior task.
I generally keep a text document open all the time. When I have to task switch I write down where I am leaving the current task and what I have to do when I come back. Sometimes it is a couple of lines of text. Other times I have to add more to it.
For me this works very well. It avoids the issue of an interruption or having to deal with multiple things in a day killing your productivity because it takes an hour to get your brain back into the prior task.
Simple. Effective. At the end of the day it looks like you did multiple things simultaneously, just like a multitasking OS. In other words, my system tick is >= 1 hour, not milliseconds.
I generally keep a text document open all the time. When I have to task switch I write down where I am leaving the current task and what I have to do when I come back. Sometimes it is a couple of lines of text. Other times I have to add more to it.
For me this works very well. It avoids the issue of an interruption or having to deal with multiple things in a day killing your productivity because it takes an hour to get your brain back into the prior task.
Simple. Effective. At the end of the day it looks like you did multiple things simultaneously, just like a multitasking OS. In other words, my system tick is >= 1 hour, not milliseconds.