Introverts, Stop Forcing Yourself to Work in Noisy Rooms — Here’s a Better Way
Open and loud spaces are productivity traps for introverts
Working in a buzzing environment like a coffee shop or a university study room does not help us concentrate.
Your environment greatly influences your work, thoughts, and energy. As an introvert, a loud room distracts me more than it helps to be productive.
Students study in those rooms because they need someone to hold them accountable and motivated. At home, nobody sees them work, so they don’t.
This way of thinking works when you really aren’t in the mood for studying. You see others working, so you’re motivated to do something too.
This is not for introverts
I was trying to study at university, but being in a room with people talking, eating, or building models (I studied architecture) is more distracting than motivating.
I only studied at university in groups, questioning each other or exchanging knowledge.
The only good thing was that I wanted to be done fast so I could go home. Because it was really distracting, I tried to block it with headphones, but the whole environment was uncomfortable.
