subject: About Sleep Needs and Multitasking [print this page] About Sleep Needs and Multitasking About Sleep Needs and Multitasking
Mental stress during your active work-a-day routine can be a reason for your inability to get a good nights rest. As you move through your day, it is easy to become overloaded with mental chores that overlap and you find yourself unable to complete them one at a time. Multitasking has been shown to slow results rather than making you more efficient.
Start preparing yourself for an effective nights sleep by organizing your duties so that one is finished before starting another. Multitasking is considered a great asset in today's business and personal world but it is not in your best interest as it causes confusion and stress and can impair performance in many areas. Multitasking requires you to switch your attention from one task to another in such a fashion that it worsens your capacity to use this natural ability effectively.
Begin relaxing during the day. Take time to look around you, look at the sky, try clouding watching like you did as a kid, seeing the shapes in them. Push away from your desk or the task you are engaged in and stretch, take a deep breath and really fill your lungs. Maybe put off that one more thing' you are trying to get done. Save it until tomorrow.
As you take these steps during the day, stress will be lessened. At night, go to bed an hour earlier for a couple of weeks and, if you really need the hours, get up earlier. It's easier to work when you are refreshed. These tips may help you to begin to sleep more peacefully and enjoy less stressful days.
