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[-] oppy1984@lemm.ee 26 points 2 months ago

I have written several proposals for my employer based on this kind of thinking. We have some kind of issue, I push it to the back of my mind, weeks later the issue still exists and I'm listening to a totally unrelated podcast and something the host or guest says triggers a series of seemingly unrelated thoughts and suddenly I have a solution to the issue.

My department head once asked me how I come up with these solutions, I smiled and said I have ADHD and listen to podcasts. He just looked at me with a blank stare then said that doesn't make sense. I just laughed a little and said, I know but it's hard to explain how things connect in my mind, the podcasts just help me brainstorm. He just smiled, shook his head, and said well what ever works I guess.

[-] applemao@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Wow, this also helps me with thinking! Just hearing people talk helps me think. Music is focus too much on it and can't work.

[-] oppy1984@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah it's weird, you would think it would distract you but it doesn't. On the music thing, I've found that classical music helps me focus but other types don't. To be specific piano and violin music seems to work best for me. But that's really only when I'm writing, when I'm working on a problem podcasts, audiobooks, and music I've heard a million times already work just fine, new music will distract me though, it has to be stuff I already know.

[-] applemao@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

About the same ! Classical kind of works. But yeah can't listen to anything new either or I focus on it

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