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21-year-old here and while I don't get into "the zone" very often, the times I do generally result in 10+ hours of solid work.

I find that music really helps, yet I'm not a fan of the shuffle function in music players. As a result, I guess you could say that I lose focus frequently but quickly regain it. My fussiness in regard to music is something that I need to work on in general.

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Hmmm. I would suggest maybe listening to some 'new music' so to speak. Put one of the soundcloud 'discovery' genres on and just leave it playing. You probably don't like the shuffle function as you get to a song you don't really like and you want to skip it. Or you get reminded of another great song and that album and want to put it on. With new music you'll just think "it's okay", "this is awesome", "this is bad. hopefully the next one will be better". You aren't reminded of other songs and previous ideas so it doesn't interfere with your work.

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