As ever, thanks for your wonderful comments :-) You have set me off on another train of thinking, I remember watching something the other day about how a stoic always accepts his or her lot and is thankful for any given moment, and I think the two are connected.
Sometimes multitasking is necessary, however these tend to be life and death situations. I can imagine doctors and medical staff in general probably do a fair bit of multitasking.
Of course it has been proved that women are better at multitasking than men, and I think this fact has somewhat misled people into what it actually is and whether it's good or not.
A man might be 'better' at drinking alcohol than a woman, but it doesn't mean that the woman should then go on and try and match him.
I'm glad I'm shedding some light on the subject, and I hope you enjoy the final two as much. They will be much more practical and will give tips on how to avoid multi-mega-tasking :-)