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When I was writing my thesis I told myself to get separate room & computer without all those distractions like discord, hn blocked, etc. so I can perform conte
by tester756 4y ago
When I was writing my thesis I told myself to get separate room & computer without all those distractions like discord, hn blocked, etc.
so I can perform context switch easier
95% of the work was coding and it actually helped me to sit for 1-3 hours per two weeks and do solid step ahead
Unfortunely now I do not have such privilege to have separate room to learn :(
I believe environment may make things way easier.
Also I feel like I'm music addicted, very often the very first thing that I do on my PC is start playing some music. I do wonder how it affects e.g learning, focusing and similar.
I did notice that in competitive video games I play worse when listening do music, and when it's "spiky music" e.g some Disturbed's song, then I play riskier.
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I do wonder whether there is some "distraction meter" for workplace - e.g 3 meetings a day (all of them with 2h gaps) + scrum + 5 emails that require at least 5 minutes of attention = not much can be done
- Mezzie 4y agoCan you try to play something that isn't musical and note the differences? It might be easier than just turning it off. White/brown noise or nature sounds or something. > I do wonder whether there is some "distraction meter" for workplace - e.g 3 meetings a day (all of them with 2h gaps) + scrum + 5 emails that require at least 5 minutes of attention = not much can be done Cal Newport's Deep Work goes into this a bit, and I found it to a good read for understanding why there were certain things I was struggling with in my job at the time.
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