My strategy for this is to modify my do not disturb settings to make it shut the fuck up, and then leave it in that mode permanently. Skype, steam and slack do

My strategy for this is to modify my do not disturb settings to make it shut the fuck up, and then leave it in that mode permanently. Skype, steam and slack do not flash, beep or pop up when I get messages, they just put a discreet number on the taskbar. I've learned to ignore that number until I'm ready. As a result, I'm always online on my chat programs but my responses can take anywhere between 30 seconds and 4 hours depending on what I'm doing. If it was really that important, people would walk over to my desk. That only happens about once a week.