What is your preferred background noise? Are you more efficient for some types of tasks with a specific background noise on? White noise, brown noise, classical music, “brain” music… what are your thoughts?
My $.02 on Background Noise
I’m one of those annoying people who finds it hard to focus with any background noise at all… I’ve sometimes tried to put some on in order to drown out other ambient noise (like a fantastically loud coworker next door), but it has to be something I really want to focus on. I absolutely cannot focus if there’s anything with words in the background, such as lyrics (or podcasts, or Netflix comfort shows).
Over the years I’ve had various playlists, first for ambient music without lyrics (like classical, but it has to be relaxed classical — I can’t focus if something like In the Hall of the Mountain King is in the background). For my kids we’ve investigated white noise — one still prefers to sleep to a noise machine playing a gentle rainstorm — and I can sleep in the same room as him, like if we’re on vacation, but it isn’t my preference. I’ve also tried to experiment with different types of noise (brown noise! pink noise!) but regardless of how they make me feel, nothing has improved my focus better than silence.
Over to you, readers — what is your preference for background noise? Have you tried different kinds over the years?
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