Music vs. TV vs. Silence

Most people think that working with music or TV on is a distraction. But I tend to day dream like crazy when I'm working in silence. For me, my mind is going to wander every few minutes anyway, so it might as well wonder on to a song I love or an interesting show.

Depending on the work I do different things. When I'm programming, it's music all the way...it helps keep me in the zone. When I'm writing, I usually go sit on my couch and throw on a DVD of a movie I've watched about a hundred times...that way if I get writers block, I can look up and watch a few minutes and then get back to writing.

It's weird, if I watch TV when I program, I can't focus at all. And if I try to write with music on, I end up thinking about the words of the song and not the words I'm typing.

But I honestly think I waste more time daydreaming if I'm in complete silence than I do if I've got Sports Center on in the background...plus Sports Center is more fun than the shit my mind wanders on to :)

Man, I'd love to do me a study about all of this.