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I've recently found that watching documentaries on another monitor or computer makes me more focused and productive. I think the reason is because it's me willingly putting a very particular distraction next to me. Instead of stopping my work and jumping onto some random site in search of a useless distraction, I just have to look over and watch like 5 seconds of the documentary. It's more of a seamless hiccup in my workflow than browsing the web.

Why documentaries? I guess it's just what works for me. Music takes too much of a background role to the point where it doesn't really do anything. Movies and a lot of TV shows are too narrative focused to jump in and out of. I suppose some other alternatives could be mindless day-time TV, game shows, or sports.

Anyway, I highly recommend giving yourself a controlled distraction. Seems to really be helping me.

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