Single-tasking the Spiritual Life

Ever speed 10 miles past your exit while talking on your mobile? Our brains are not designed to do two things at once.

So, you're sitting at your computer at work trying to write that report that you know is due ASAP, but, like most people, you've got multiple windows open at once.

As you write, your email dings a notification that you've got a new message about another project you're working on that also needs your attention.

A moment later, a Facebook notification pops up that a long-lost friend has commented on that cat video you posted yesterday, and you want to check out her "LOL" comment because, well, that's why you posted it in the first place.

Then the phone rings with a call from a client who has an important question, while your boss appears at the door with a cup of coffee in hand wanting to ask you to work this weekend. "That would be great," he says.

At the end of the day, you're exhausted and don't feel like you've accomplished a whole lot, but you're also patting yourself on the back because you are a multitasker who's been able, once again, to manage multiple things at once. This is just...