I question the 8 hour method at work or any activity

I question the 8 hour method at work or any activity

attention span is about one hour to focus on one thing at a time.
multi-tasking is not efficient.

why do we work 8 or more hours a day at a job?
why are we expected to multi-task at most jobs for 8 hours a day?
why don't we focus on one thing at a time until the job is complete?
why don't we take a 10 minute break after working 45-50 minutes instead
of taking a 10 or 15 minute break after working 2 hours?

who spends 8 hours straight eating food?
who would have sex nonstop for 8 hours?
who reads a book 8 or more hours nonstop with no break?
who spends 8 or more hours nonstop with no breaks doing anything?


5-1-2017 Sarah Wilson-Stillwell

Attention span at school is about one hour to focus on one thing. it is not multi-tasking

Attention span at school is about one hour to focus on one thing. it is not multi-tasking

school had classes called hour by their number and name:
1st hour, 2nd hour, 3rd hr to 7th hour.
it was called hour but it was not a full hour.
we had 5-10 minutes from the time you left
one class to arrive at the next class.

lunch hour was not an hour or even a
half an hour. lunch was 20 minutes.

if you got the school lunch you had to stand in the lunch line
and were lucky if you had have
10 minutes to eat your food.

why do we study one subject at a time in school and for almost an hour?


5-1-2017 Sarah Wilson-Stillwell