I sometimes play the same song on loop for days; especially when I am trying crack a complex algorithm or trying to come up with the system design of a large pipeline.
My hypothesis being: with every repetition the song move toward the "background of my mind" such that I am not spending too much "compute time" on the song itself; the sound is still there, helping me ignore external noises and therefore I am able to focus more on the task at hand.
PS: 2 songs that have helped me
Between The Bars, Elliot Smith
Memorial, Russian Cirlce ft Chelsea Wolfe
just 'x' item that you can view but not interact.
for instance screenshot of top x posts from hacker news (not that i mind spending time here), or screenshot of x memes from that reddit sub .. and so on
the idea is to keep you from falling down the rabbit hole (doom scrolling or link hopping) and still deliver some value/dopamine
My hypothesis being: with every repetition the song move toward the "background of my mind" such that I am not spending too much "compute time" on the song itself; the sound is still there, helping me ignore external noises and therefore I am able to focus more on the task at hand.
PS: 2 songs that have helped me Between The Bars, Elliot Smith Memorial, Russian Cirlce ft Chelsea Wolfe