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- High quality noise cancelling headphone. My preferred ones are Bose QC35. - A noise machine. This doesn’t mean random noise. But anything that’s not music. M
by moltar 3y ago
- High quality noise cancelling headphone. My preferred ones are Bose QC35.
- A noise machine. This doesn’t mean random noise. But anything that’s not music. My preferred is Brain.fm and/or myNoise.net (brown-ish presets).
- Very strict family policy of no disturbance by entering or asking me to do anything. I’m aggressively defending my space. Any violation will be noticed, pointed out and rejected. After a while everyone gets it. I told my family to imagine that I’m not home. If they call my name, I can’t hear them. If they knock on my office door I’m not there to open it. Any comms while I’m working must be in writing and I’ll respond when I can. I realize I sound like an asshole here, but there’s no other way to make it work with my family ;)
- gregjor 3y agoI let my kids in my office as long as they kept it down. Time with my kids was more valuable to me and to them than whatever work I needed to do. Unless you’re on the cusp of a working malaria vaccine in your home office I don’t agree with prioritizing work over family.
- moltar 3y agoTell that to a 2.5 yo who wants to smash on the keyboard. When he grows up, I might loosen it up. My dad took me to his work when I was a teenager, and that's where I learned computers.
- gregjor 3y agoAll three of my kids had to get through the toddler years. I gave them their own keyboard to bang on. If you don’t have a drawer of unused hardware go to Goodwill for a $5 keyboard and mouse. I see people posting photos and videos of their cute dog or cat laying on their desk or keyboard, but when a human child wants some attention that’s just annoying.