Challenge Mono-Uni-Task! Day 1 (!) of 30 - When I Grow Up

Challenge Mono-Uni-Task! Day 1 (!) of 30 - When I Grow Up So my Challenge: Mono-Uni-Task! (its like Grease!) has taken a bit of a slip. I found myself with my brain hurting on Thursday Friday, being curt with others as I was unable to talk and ensure that everything I had to do would stay in my head. I found myself reacting when an email came in, I clicked off what I was doing and read it; when the phone rang, I dropped what I was doing and answered it; when my IM started blinking I immediately opened it. I realized that Reacting was my enemy! If Challenge: Mono-Uni-Task was a blockbuster, than The Reactor was the villain making me look was his specialty weapon. I feel like Im back at square one, except I know that I can keep the multi-tasking at bay if I set my mind to it. The first few days were a breeze! So, what changed? Well, I forgot about Challenge: Mono-Unti-Task! OK, maybe not forgot, but I certainly became less conscious (or even entirely unconscious) about it when I thought I got a handle on things. It turns out that having a handle on things for a entire 3 days does not make an ingrained habit go away. Wiki QA says that it takes a full month of changing your behavior and consciously be(ing) aware of that behavior before its gone. Its hard for me to even think its that easy (30 days doesnt seem like a long time), but that method is backed up by Steve Pavlina, whos super smart and stuff. So, it wont do me any good to just commit to not multi-tasking. I must commit to being aware that I will not multi-task. You can be sure that on July 29th this blog will either prove or disprove the 30 day theory!