Technically, it isn’t the precise list-making that is so stellar for mind well being—it is isolating your duties, from starting to finish, and bodily (or mentally) checking them off. You see, the Sherzais aren’t enormous followers of multitasking: “We are saying there isn’t any such factor as multitasking; it is doing a number of issues badly,” says Dean. Consideration and cognitive decline are deeply intertwined (your consideration naturally depletes as you age), and if you multitask, your consideration turns into additional compromised, which creates an ideal storm for cognitive decline.