You would think that the situation most conducive to productivity would be one in which you have lots of time to think, without any distractions. After all, that would seem to be the optimal condition for entering a “flow” state.
Yet oddly enough, I seem to get much more done when I am overworked and busy and already have way too much on my plate. It appears that the need to multitask triggers some sort of psychic survival mechanism.
I begin to push in new directions, and I start tying projects together in new and different ways. In a sense, it feels as though the need to hold onto multiple things at once is causing me to temporarily grow more limbs.
I am not sure that this is a good thing.