I make mpv playlists where I pad episodes with music to break these spells. Episode ends, and I have a half hour of music to recenter myself on my work in case I got sucked in.
“Ach! You dinnae tell him how long it would really take did ye? You got a lot to learn if you want to be considered a miracle worker, laddie!”
I’ll have you know it was a very productive 20 minutes.
I want to upvote, but the rebellious use of the meme format is triggering me.
I feel I am being attacked
There are plenty of good background episodes, but if it’s Measure of a Man, the Borg episodes, Q, or Vash, I know I’m not getting anything done.
Man, I get sucked into the low stakes episodes too… Can’t help it!
Time Loop episodes for me!
They never get old! Decompress Main shuttle bay!
Queue up an episode to rewatch a specific scene
End up watching the entire episode
Every. Single. Time!
Queue up an episode
This is why I can’t work with the TV on. Hell, even podcasts are dangerous for me
That why I switched to classical music during chores. But there are so many facets and subtleties to a violin that you can hear if you listen very closely. … and that’s how I found out I was on the spectrum.
I did this with John Mulaney’s “New In Town” when it first came out. Was going to be background sounds while I cleaned and ironed. Did neither.
When I discovered his original 3 stand-up specials on Netflix, I watched them with full attention. After that I watched them when I went to bed. Watch until I fell asleep (usually within 5 minutes). The next day pick up where I last remembered and did it again. I rotated through them at bedtime for months. Gotta have something entertaining, but not actively engaging so I can fall asleep to it. Comedy specials the 2nd or 3rd time through work for this. No surprises means I don’t miss anything by falling asleep.
That’s why I put <BAD SERIES> on, then I’m never tempted to stop and watch.
I go with music on vinyl because there’s nothing to sit to watch and the the inability to skip a song or change bands from my phone means I’m much more likely to get at least 1 side of 1 album of work done before I get distracted.
Some LP covers have enough detail to have you looking for a good 30 minutes.
