No music at all!!!!!

No music at all!

If you’re tired of these dang kids and their “newfangled dub steps,” fear not — sometimes the sweet sound of silence is the most fitting of all.

If a task is so demanding that your attention might falter due to any music at all, you should focus on creating a very quiet workplace.

For some people, however, total silence is off-putting. Is there any way to have a very mild ambient noise in the background without music?

There are two neat tools you should check out:

1. SimplyNoise — Playing nothing but a low pitch white noise in the background is amazing for certain productive scenarios, at least for me. I find this can really get me in the zone if there is something outside that is intruding (like construction work).
2. RainyMood — Work like it’s drizzling outside even when it’s 80F and the sun is shining! This plays a loop of a mild storm, turn on afireplace video and you can get seriously cozy.