More music consumption tells me that I worked more – but it doesn’t tell me if I worked better or more efficiently. The problem is that I haven’t found a good way to measure if (or which of) those attempts to improve my productivity have actually paid off. These two graphs essentially represent my efforts to optimize my music consumption for further productivity improvement. When I dug a little deeper into the data I found another interesting trend: Over the last ~10 years, I have increasingly listened to ambient music and soundtracks. Of course not every type of music is necessarily great for productivity. Years with less screen time correlate with a lower number of songs I listened to (2014-2016, 2019). My music consumption peaked in years where I did lots of deep work such as studying, writing or coding (2008, 2010, 2013, 2017-2018). The graph above shows the number of songs I listened to on a monthly basis (the gray bars) as well as the monthly average per year (the black line).
One element of my personal production function I find particularly interesting is the impact of music (or audio more general) on my productivity.īased on almost 15 years of Last.fm data, I know that music consumption overall is a pretty good proxy to measure my productivity. Namely, a list of all the habits, routines and things that make me more productive. These playlists are available with the premium version.As part of my ongoing work on a personal operating manual, I’ve been thinking a lot about what Tyler Cowen would call the “Julian Production Function”. You can choose 'Writing' to write all day and be productive, 'Creative Thinking' to get your creative juices flowing, and 'Beautiful Ambients' to relax after a long day of work. The other playlists include: 'Motivation' to get away from boredom, 'Noise Blocker' to focus on work, 'Sleep' to doze off without overthinking, 'Studying' to increase your focus and sitting-time. Relax: A fan, a Bonfire, and a summer night to take a break from work.Random: Water stream, water drops, and a seaside ambiance to do your daily chores peacefully.It may help to soothe stress and work without taking a load. Productivity: Combines sounds like rain, water stream, and brown noise.The Playlists included with the free version are: The premium sound effects are airplanes, bubbles, waterfall, tropical forest, cicadas, cityscape, fireplace, ocean waves, rain on a tent, space engine, washing machine, and underwater. The free sound effects include rain, the rustling of leaves, wind, lightning, forest, water stream, seaside, water drops, summer night, coffee shop, train, fire, fan, white noise, pink noise, and brown noise.
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