Do you do something else while you work?

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I'm talking about listening to music, listening to a podcast, or hell even watching a series or livestream.I mostly listen to music and "watch" livestreams but the former is very repetitive.So I'm wondering about what you guys do, if anything at all? Looking to make the most out of dull times.

nullindividual · Accepted Answer

In the office? No, I had too many drive-bys to pay attention to non-work material. The only exceptions to that rule have been 9/11 and historic rocket launches (and landings!).At home? All the time. Music, NPR, YouTube.

mindcrime · Answer

I listen to music when what I'm doing allows for it. And sometimes I'll watch a Youtube video. But it's usually something that's at least tangentially work related. I don't really just sit around and like, watch cat videos at work, or whatever.And, of course, checking HN obsessively. :-)

Quinzel · Answer

I steal stationary from the stationary cupboard, print loads of journal articles from someone else&rsquo;s printer login and then read them for uni. I can usually get through 2 or 3 articles a day.

devonnull · Answer

I listen to Soma.fm -- changing stations every hour or so. At lunch or when taking a break, I scan the news or read a longer article. Sometimes, I spend 10 minutes fiddling with ChatGPT just for the hell of it.

lupyro · Answer

Old School Runescape. I know it sounds impossible to play a game while working. However, a huge part of this game is click and wait between 10 seconds to 10 minutes. I get a ding in my headset when I need to click again. It requires just enough attention that I need to be active at my computer but after that click I have nothing better to do than work.

mattbgates · Answer

I work remotely, but even when they had me coming into an office, I'd go for walks with my girl at the time, who I worked with, and then I'd come back, and there'd be moments where nothing was going on, so I'd work on my own side projects and still do it to this day.You could say I definitely have an undiagnosed ADHD or Autism and I need to be doing something aside from the thing I'm doing. Don't get me wrong.. if work requires me to focus on it, I'll work on it to completion.

revskill · Answer

Work remotely with micromanagement and inflexible time is "worse experience" than in-office.You're stressful by alert, notification, taggings, meeting,... and a bunch of other artifical things.

polyterative · Answer

I never work without music

Do you do something else while you work?

I'm talking about listening to music, listening to a podcast, or hell even watching a series or livestream.
I mostly listen to music and "watch" livestreams but the former is very repetitive.
So I'm wondering about what you guys do, if anything at all? Looking to make the most out of dull times.

In the office? No, I had too many drive-bys to pay attention to non-work material. The only exceptions to that rule have been 9/11 and historic rocket launches (and landings!).
At home? All the time. Music, NPR, YouTube.

I listen to music when what I'm doing allows for it. And sometimes I'll watch a Youtube video. But it's usually something that's at least tangentially work related. I don't really just sit around and like, watch cat videos at work, or whatever.
And, of course, checking HN obsessively. :-)

I steal stationary from the stationary cupboard, print loads of journal articles from someone else’s printer login and then read them for uni. I can usually get through 2 or 3 articles a day.

I listen to Soma.fm -- changing stations every hour or so. At lunch or when taking a break, I scan the news or read a longer article. Sometimes, I spend 10 minutes fiddling with ChatGPT just for the hell of it.

Work remotely with micromanagement and inflexible time is "worse experience" than in-office.
You're stressful by alert, notification, taggings, meeting,... and a bunch of other artifical things.

I never work without music