Multitasking

Multitasking. How well are you at managing three or more tasks at once? Can you have several screens open on the computer at the same time?

I'm often in the middle of several things at once. While writing/editing, I may have a couple of chat windows open on Facebook, as well as be playing a poker game, adding another post to this blog, or reading the daily news on CNN. Seldom do I get confused.

Yet there are times I'll be writing/editing and become so absorbed with the work that I forget all other screens. Am I rude? In a way, yes. On the other hand, when the creativity flows, I let it go. As an author, I would be foolish to stop when the writing is going well.

Multitasking has many supporters, just as it has numerous people against it. Does bipolar make any difference in whether one can multitask or not? Maybe I'll Google that the next time I'm busy.