How can you get distracted so much? What if one of the most distracting apps would help you focus on your work? Scroll through endless videos and use YouTube to concentrate. It takes some discipline, but it’s worth it.
Turn YouTube into a Tool Versus Entertainment
It’s a bit like YouTube. But that’s not just entertainment for . This has been used by many people to help them sleep better, learn new things and even concentrate more when studying or working.
If you stop seeing YouTube as an endless stream of fun clips and craft carefully curated focus playlists, then your most powerful productivity tool is YouTube.”
The idea is to use it to create the perfect work and study environment wherever you might be.
Create Timer Playlists
study, focus timer video on YouTube is awash with the videos of studies and focus. I didn’t think until I found a cute Animal Crossing for Pomodoro timer. If I don’t download Pomodoro timer apps (or even Flowm smells) apps, instead of downloading the app and use YouTube videos with timed videos.
A lot of timers are available for work and break sessions with different lengths, so you’ll get a whole host of . There is a whole host of themes like coffee shops, video game inspired lo-fi and jazz, large clocks (and more). I personally like the lo-fi and video game inspired options because they tend to keep me focused on what’s going on.
For best results, look for the work/break lengths you want, such as “pomodoro timer 25/5” or “study timer 45/15.”
Sync multiple time videos to one playlist? Instead, instead of browsing YouTube when you’re ready to work, open your playlist, choose a video and let it play.
Curate the Perfect Focus Music List
Focus music is not available without YouTube Music, Spotify or any other music streaming service. Focus music Just use YouTube for focus music just like .
I would like to make a number of focus music playlists. Do you have one for every task that you need to concentrate on? I’m testing apps and products. For example, I have one for research, another for writing content & yet another when I am trying to test out apps/products. I even have a background noise of relaxing as well as reading list for s.
When your brain hears that music or sound, you train it to focus by using the same type of music for a given task.
I am primarily lo-fi and coffee shop jazz, binaural beats, ambience videos (and nature sounds) etc. All these are a great way to concentrate my mind while they’re not distracted like listening in the music playlist you have your favorite?
Then Aim to make playlists for a number of hours at least. When you sit down to work or study, just look up a YouTube focus video and find ‘focus video’. These videos are often 2-12 hours long, and many of these videos can be from .
My personal favorite channel for work is Lofi Girl. Many other lofi channels use the free music from this channel.
Use Work/Study With Me Videos
I’m working alone at home and you’ll have any distraction that can help procrastinate. The feeling of having someone else there helps you sometimes become more accountable and focus on work.
In these videos, they are designed to mimic the work of someone else at home, office, in a cafe (or even outside) nature. When you see someone in real life, but sometimes when watching others video they’ll just see their hands typing away. Some videos have video game-inspired work with me videos for focus.
Several of these videos use ambient noise, soft music and even Pomodoro timers. For the most part, you just search for “work with me” or “study with my” to find amazing options. Writer I’m writing this with Emmalilyn’s 4-Hour Late Night Study With Me.
I suggest picking one or two creators and stuck with them for a more consistent feel.
Avoiding Distractions on YouTube
It’s a bit of an attraction to just click dozens of videos that appear when you first open the app, I know how tempting it is for me to do so. If you want to make YouTube a focus app, but not the distractions, you have to stop watching it. A simple way to do so is to have a separate YouTube account for your focus playlists and videos. Then, your suggestions are all about a focus-related topic. And, on your other account, you’re not swayed by the channels that you like most to do so.
Alternatively, use a browser extension to block YouTube distractions such as live chat, comments and suggested videos or etc. for example “It’s not recommended that I have been using this app.” I love Unhook, my favorite . There are more than 20 ways to block your experience, and it allows you to choose a different way of doing things. Even the home feed is hidden, it’ll even be a .
For example if you do not want an extension to add another list of bookmarks to your YouTube focus playlists, just put them in the list? It also means you can skip the home feed and direct to YouTube videos which are your favorite help. I like Raindrop to sync my bookmarks across all devices, no matter which browser I’m using.
Furthermore, while playing the focus playlist, you may encounter the “Video paused, Continue watching?” message that makes you lose your concentration. It is an extension for you to fix it with a .
It’s also a good idea to search for videos with “no mid-roll ads” ads. You are more likely to be out of deep focus mode than a screaming advertisement in the middle of some peaceful lofi music or ambience sounds, but it is nothing like that which pulls you out from deep concentration mode. I have a YouTube Premium subscription for me to skip all the ads. Since I use YouTube for hours every day for work, relaxing and entertainment?
Only about a week later I created eight YouTube focus playlists. each carries its own theme. Since making these, I concentrate more and seem to work faster.
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