This episode was originally recorded on February 14, 2020. It was the first recorded “Friend Friday” in which Deltom and her husband discuss multitasking. It’s a widespread belief that multitasking makes you more efficient in your daily life. Since Deltom found herself multitasking often, she was inspired to talk and share meaningful information about this topic. Throughout this episode, we explore research, books, articles, and etymology to help us examine this belief from a whole new perspective.

[1:45] Least Efficient – Hubby highlights that Multitasking is a hoax. He clearly explains how multitasking is least efficient and that one should focus on completing one task without just doing something half here and half there.

[3:35] Computing Sense – Upon being asked about the definition of ‘Multitasking’ on the online etymology dictionary, Hubby explains that in computing sense, multitasking means doing multiple tasks but not at the same time.

[6:20] The Word Priority – Deltom explains that the word ‘Priority’ first came into the English language around the 1400s, and later around the 1900s, people began pluralizing ‘Priority’ into ‘Priorities’. From this angle, she discusses the irony of pluralizing the word priority.

[11:35] Two Things at Once – Hubby & Deltom clearly highlights that even a computer cannot perform two things at once, it’s one thing after another but with speed. Although we feel it performs multiple tasks at once, it is programmed to do one thing at a time.

[20:30] Something Societal – Deltom & Hubby discuss the role technology plays in people engaging in multitasking behavior and how some people do it to feel busy.

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