Last year I started with the headphones at work to block out the noise, but I got a lot of pushback about being “unavailable”. Amazingly on a team using Slack,

Last year I started with the headphones at work to block out the noise, but I got a lot of pushback about being “unavailable”. Amazingly on a team using Slack, where I usually respond instantly. I’d expect though, that when your brain has to maintain focus actively (w/o headphones) it does a better job overall, than with, and it forces you to prioritize for tasks which are worth focusing on.