Update: I had a few relatively anxious days, and decided to relax my music policy slightly. Sometimes I’d be a little too anxious to do work without music. While I fix this problem, I’m going to listen to music more permissively.
I think there’s another trade-off to music while working, which is that it makes me more excited at the cost of making me slightly dumber. Sometimes this is worth it. Marking as something to analyze more later, as I currently (attempt to) refactor my internal systems so that they don’t produce these anxious signals.
Also, added to main post: “I never ever use my phone on the toilet. Ever. This has served me well and seems like a pure win.”
Update: I had a few relatively anxious days, and decided to relax my music policy slightly. Sometimes I’d be a little too anxious to do work without music. While I fix this problem, I’m going to listen to music more permissively.
I think there’s another trade-off to music while working, which is that it makes me more excited at the cost of making me slightly dumber. Sometimes this is worth it. Marking as something to analyze more later, as I currently (attempt to) refactor my internal systems so that they don’t produce these anxious signals.
Also, added to main post: “I never ever use my phone on the toilet. Ever. This has served me well and seems like a pure win.”