Verna von Pfetten acknowledges in the article “Read This Story Without Distraction (Can You?),” that monotasking has its benefits although the environment has more to do with focusing than one might think. Everyone knows “multitasking” doesn’t actually exist. The brain cannot multitask. Instead, it switches from one task to another, meeting the demands of only one at a time. There is a cost associated with this switch, resulting in brain power being eaten away causing productivity to slip. Have you ever eaten dinner in a dimly lit restaurant when suddenly as if the sun just peeked over the horizon, everything became bright again? Research has shown that even “having a phone on the table” can lead to a reduction in connection between people(A4).