Working Against Distraction

Often times when I’m working I’ll be listening to an album or podcast, sometimes having a documentary related to what our current project is playing in the background. However, every now and then I’ll throw my headphones on and hours will pass and I realize I hadn’t been listening to anything at all. It’s those times I find myself getting “in the zone” easiest and for the longest periods of time. I’ve found that a way to help myself concentrate is to have the best of both those worlds by listening to a white noise generator of sorts. Rain and thunder off in the distance, a bubbling brook, rustling leaves or a fireplace popping every now and then. There are a couple sites I go to for this. The first is a very simple and easy to setup website called A Soft Murmur. A more complex and expansive website is MyNoise. These sites have really helped me with concentration, and it sure beats listening to silence through headphones.