I work from home and the Gnome desktop has a simple toggle to turn off all notifications. I check slack when I feel like it and if there are messages, I answer

I work from home and the Gnome desktop has a simple toggle to turn off all notifications. I check slack when I feel like it and if there are messages, I answer them. I feel very little stress compared to when I was in the office and people were talking, walking and laughing around me constantly. It was impossible to focus for 5 minutes.