Coaching practices for I've Got Five Things Going at Once and I'm Proud of How Much I'm Juggling but I Never Actually Go Deep on Any of Them I'm Just Flicking Between Tabs All Day and Nothing Ever Pulls Me All the Way in
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- I’ve got five things going at once and I’m proud of how much I’m “juggling,” but I never actually go deep on any of them
- I’m proud of how much I juggle at once, but at the end of the day I notice the work is sloppier and slower than it should be
- I've got five big things going at once and I bounce anxiously between all of them, so none of them ever really gathers momentum
- I have eleven tabs open and four half-started things going at once, and I end the day exhausted with nothing actually finished
- I’ve got five things going at once because juggling them feels efficient, but I never actually finish anything
Practices that may help
- Commit to a single task for the full session
Flow is incompatible with multitasking — choose one thing and protect it for the block.
Flow and Meaning: Csikszentmihalyi’s Framework - Reject multitasking
Do one thing at a time — multitasking is switching, and switching is costly.
The ONE Thing, Made Practical - Keep only one major open loop at a time
Limit yourself to one large incomplete project so the pull is focused, not scattered.
The Zeigarnik Effect: Using Task Tension to Stay Motivated - Single-tasking on purpose
Do one thing at a time, fully, instead of half-doing several.
Slow Living, Made Practical - Adopt a strict single-tasking protocol
Work on exactly one task until it reaches a natural stopping point before starting anything else.
Context Switching Cost: Why Task Switching Wrecks Focus - The one-task rule
Commit to a single task until a natural stopping point before touching another.
Monotasking, Made Practical - Single-tasking the sprint
Commit each pomodoro to exactly one task — switching forfeits the sprint.
The Pomodoro Technique, Made Practical - Minimize attention residue between tasks
Finish or fully park one task before switching, so your attention isn’t split.
Deep Work, Made Practical - Minimize open tabs and windows during focus sessions
Close all browser tabs and applications not needed for the current task before starting deep work.
Context Switching Cost: Why Task Switching Wrecks Focus - Do one thing at a time with full focus
Work on one task at a stretch with no split attention — the Zen principle applied to execution.
Zen To Done (ZTD), Made Practical
Related concerns
- When Pomodoro Technique Single Tasking
Commit each pomodoro to exactly one task — switching forfeits the sprint.
Single-tasking the sprint
- When The One Thing Reject Multitasking
Do one thing at a time — multitasking is switching, and switching is costly.
Reject multitasking
- Multitasking Brain
Work on exactly one task until it reaches a natural stopping point before starting anything else.
Adopt a strict single-tasking protocol
- Multitasking Myth
Commit to a single task until a natural stopping point before touching another.
The one-task rule
- Single Tasking
Work on exactly one task until it reaches a natural stopping point before starting anything else.
- Single Tasking Technique
Commit each pomodoro to exactly one task — switching forfeits the sprint.
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