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When you are working on
something that requires
focus, do you have music
playing in the
background?
Here’s how GON Readers
responded…
•
48%
No. I need complete quiet.
•
19%
Yes, I need my music at a level
that allows me to clearly hear it
while I’m working.
•
18%
Yes, but the sound is on very low.
I can barely hear it.
•
15%
Other
Other GON Reader Comments:
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Yes, I love to do this, but don't often get
to at work. When I can, it's classical
music at a low volume. I find that
something with lyrics tends to distract
me.
•
I need quiet, but not absolute quiet. I
need also ambient sounds like kids
playing in the park or the birds twittering
in the hedges. But if I do need absolute
quiet, I choose the night…when all I
may occasionally hear is the sound of
water usage in my apartment building or
the hooting of my Night Guardian owl
outside.
•
If it is a task that needs my full attention,
I can have soft music on low. If it needs
my attention but not constantly, I enjoy
any type and loud enough to hear! For
both, phone is on silence and not on the
desk. Also, I have my pitcher of water to
keep hydrated.
•
Music varies, from no music (for
extreme focus), to soft music (for
medium focus), to louder music (usually
use this for chores).
•
There are free YouTube videos that are
60+ minutes long and for focus and
productivity that I use.
•
I have ringing in my ears so the music
distracts me from that.
•
Sometimes. It depends on what I'm
working on. Financials need quiet.
Answering emails, music is fine!
•
Generally, I need mostly quiet when
doing anything that requires close focus,
like working on budgets, analyzing data,
and goal setting. Otherwise some
routine tasks like data entry or recipe
trying, can have mid-level music on.
Since my husband has semi-retired and
works in the home office, I have taken to
leaving most noise (radio, tv, music) off,
so now I am more distracted by sounds!
•
Music, only sometimes, I like to crochet
while listening to the news on TV,
instead of watching the news.
•
It doesn’t matter as long as it’s not
blasting loud. I’m pretty good at ignoring
the background and focusing on the
task at hand.
•
Yes, but it must be a YouTube video of
music for studying or for deep focus.
The soundtracks I typically select are at
least 60 minutes long.
•
It depends how much focus I need! It's
nice to have quiet music as long as it
isn't distracting.
•
I usually have some background sounds
on (could be music or TV).
•
Depends on if it's something with figures
or a letter that I'm writing then I need
quiet. However, if it's decluttering, I need
something that revs me up.
•
I'm almost deaf, so that might influence
my response! But through the years, I've
found a tremendous ability to focus in
silence when needed. And co-workers
were envious once when I was able to
“ignore” a welder outside our building by
taking my hearing aids out!
•
It depends on what I am doing;
sometimes I like hearing music and
sometimes I want it completely quiet.
•
I have the TV tuned to a boring show. I
need some kind of background noise
that doesn't distract me.
•
Podcasts. I listen to them all the time
while I'm working.
•
I'm a musician and find music playing
while I focus on something important to
be a real distraction. I find myself
listening to the music.
•
The older I get, I find that I concentrate
better in the quiet. My friends and I
laugh when we think of the crazy busy
days with lots of kids and the noise level
and constant distraction. It's amazing
that we got anything done. Now we are
blessed to be able to keep up with tech
and thrilled even when we need things
quiet to focus.
•
When I don't require too much focus, I
like classical music played on low.
•
Definitely music on! If I don't have music
playing, I lose track of time. Hours can
go by before I resurface.
•
I prefer quiet when focus is needed. My
husband likes music on all day so I
either move to a quieter part of the
house or do very focus centered
activities when he is not home.
•
It really depends on the task at hand. If
I'm studying or reading, I like quiet. If I'm
cleaning or crafting, I like background
noise.
•
Background noise doesn’t bother me. I
taught kindergarten for 30 years. I enjoy
noise.
•
Sometimes, but not always, if music is
playing I won’t turn it off, but I wont turn
it on if music isn’t playing either.
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