I’ve found that my ability to tune out office noise is much lower after nights of poor sleep. So I think it takes active work to ignore it, when you notice it,

I’ve found that my ability to tune out office noise is much lower after nights of poor sleep. So I think it takes active work to ignore it, when you notice it, and stay on task. The metaphor I’d use is it’s the act of shoving that information out of the way.