I don’t multi-task.  I am not able to multi-task.

I don’t vacuum and listen to a podcast.  I don’t drive my car and listen to the radio or talk on the phone.  I can’t do my writing homework and read the comments on the blog.  I’m not mentioning this because I think it makes me a better person than those who can and do multi-task.  It’s because I don’t understand how they do it.

One example that confronts me daily is my experience with the Balloon Juice blog which I read every morning and a couple of times during the day.

I don’t read all the front page articles but I check the daily Ukraine coverage, as well as the political, COVID, and pet articles.

I rarely read the comments because I don’t have time but when I do I’m puzzled by the people who almost always comment who are also people doing real work, serious work.

Attorneys, architects, IT folks, managers, professional writers.  How do these people have time to read the front page articles (often long and comprehensive), then read the comments and respond to comments.  And do it for thread after thread while also working at their profession.

Probably they read much faster than I, they are able to think on their feet (not one of my talents), and they type faster than I.