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tasukilast Wednesday at 2:11 PM1 replyview on HN

I've never suffered from anxiety nor depression, and yet can't focus on more than one thing at a time. I can't imagine coding while watching tv or listening to an audio book. Nor would I want to!

If I tried doing two things at once, it'd be painful and also I wouldn't be doing either properly. I believe the "multitaskers" aren't that much better, they just learned to context-switch quickly. I'm not the least envious.


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inanutshelluslast Wednesday at 2:51 PM

"To do two things at once is to do neither"

~Attributed to Confucius, but I first heard it from fortune cookies :^)