Emily McDonald explains why multitasking kills flow: you need full attention on one thing, a clear goal, and immediate feedback to get there. She recommends time blocks for deep work with zero interruptions.
Multitasking destroys your ability to get into flow. If you are trying to get into flow state and you are also trying to multitask, you are doing 2 different things and it's not going to work. And that is why, you know, flow state is maybe isn't something that you're going to try to get into all of the time, but maybe you want to curate your schedule and update your calendar and be like, this is going to be a time block where I am going to purposefully get into deep work and activate flow. That's personally What I like to do, but you cannot multitask. You cannot have your attention being pulled in all different directions because you need to be fully immersed in one thing. You need focused attention on one thing. And remember the psychological characteristics of flow. You need a clear goal and feedback.
