I have a curious thing: When I can't concentrate distractions sometimes help me. For example I watch twitch (I find it kinda booring, which is good) when I can

I have a curious thing: When I can't concentrate distractions sometimes help me. For example I watch twitch (I find it kinda booring, which is good) when I can't concentrate on work. It helps me getting started, stick to the more booring repetetive work and when a chellange arises, I just loose track of the twitch stream completely and focus on work. Now here my theory: I can't focus if something is too boring (e.g. waiting for compile times or doing something repetetive). I need to stimulate my brain enough not to drift off, but light enough so I can still focus on demand. This theory goes will together with my habit to listen to podcasts at 2x speed. Lower and my mind wanders off and I miss whole passages and have to skip back. It even kinda forms a hierarchy: - reading difficult texts: absolute silence - writing: music only - programing: twitch Interruptions from outside though are always horrible. My phone is usually completely silent (not even vibrations) and I hate people for calling when they could have used async communication.