Corey
showed me this cartoon about five hours after Roland and I had driven to
Roland’s work. He was talking about this
very subject – commenting that there’s no such thing as multitasking. I couldn’t believe he was saying that.
He is amazing at multitasking behind the
wheel. And we have known several who fit in the “Molly Mormon” role – each with
8-14 kids. And it seems the more
children they have, the greater they are at multitasking. Straighting the dress on one while fixing the
hair on the other while cooking dinner and doing laundry, and feeding the
youngest two and reading a book in order to prepare for the Relief Society
lesson which actually isn’t until next month – but multitasker Molly Mormons
don’t procrastinate. They put all scouts
to shame as they will never be prepared as much as Molly Mormon. (On a side
note: many Molly Mormons actually do teach or at least assist with scouting)
I was convinced that there was no myth –
that multitasking really does take place.
And just less than twelve hours later I was sitting in front of the boob
tube watching Multiplicity. That’s when I absorbed what I’d been hearing all
day. There is truth in the saying that
there’s no such thing as multi-tasking.
No such thing. Apparently it is
believable as being able to clone ourselves to fulfill all those things that we
need to do. To multitask.
I could never be a multitasker. But I thought there were a handful of people
that were. I believed in the myth. I have seen Molly Mormon in action. Or was it the same trickery that is used by a
magician?
