Is busyness a sin?
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Most of us lead overly busy lives. We cram errands and chores and “quality time” with our kids into the same few hours that we’re not at work or school or doing other equally necessary things. Many of us accomplish all that we need to do in 24 hours by multitasking, or doing more than one thing at a time.
But while I was driving around doing errands and playing chauffeur to my kids the other day, I happened to hear an NPR story about multitasking that suggests that (a) it’s not nearly as efficient or effective as we think it is and (b) it is simply not something our brains are wired to do. When we think we’re doing two things simultaneously, we’re really switching quickly back and forth between them, leading to lost time (while our brains make the to-and-fro adjustments) and increased stress.
Leaving aside the…
