On: Body Doubling

[curiousgal]

Why not just have the tv palying in the background? Works for me.

[tsumnia → curiousgal]

Whenever I visit for my parents for holidays, they have the TV playing something. However, I've always found the ads incredibly distracting, like they're intentionally designed to get my attention.

[curiousgal → tsumnia]

Netflix with a show you've seen multiple times?

[mrleinad → curiousgal]

This works for me.

[andybak → curiousgal]

I can't code with anything else going on - except very limited forms of music.

[CSSer → andybak]

Does distant/muffled coffee shop music fall under limited forms? I’m like you but I’ve found lately that this works for me. I’m beginning to suspect the fidelity of modern consumer speakers and headphones are just too good for focus because they seize my attention. It makes me wonder what would happen if I tried an EQ that cut bass/mids.

My problem is that “focus” music is often pretty repetitive. It can drive me nuts if I listen to it for 8 hours.

[pxmpxm → andybak]

Same - for music specially, absolutely no vocal lyrics.

[acuozzo → curiousgal]

It doesn't for me, unfortunately.

My productivity skyrockets when my wife is around, especially for tasks involving physical labor.

[zach_garwood → curiousgal]

I've heard others say that as well, but for me the presence of another body and the explicit silence is really soothing.

[curiousgal → zach_garwood]

Set the tv to mute?