Let me tell you something… I can work better if there’s music in the background. I am not like other people who couldn’t work with music. My friend’s like that. She couldn’t stand any noise when she’s thinking. It disturbs her train of thought. In my case, music is my muse. It helps me come up with so many ideas that I need for my work.

When I was working in a call center company, I used to be annoyed that all of us have our own radio stations on. I would turn my volume up a bit so they would turn down theirs. Anyway, I was the highest ranking officer in that room so I felt I had every right to the music. As silly as that sounds, it was totally important to me to have my own music. Because if I didn’t get to hear my own music, it got me totally irritated and I was usually left being that way for the rest of the day. It was really silly, I know! My co-workers loved to listen to corny local songs. I wouldn’t have any of that. I loved (and still do) working with smooth jazz and R&B on the background. Or simply mellow music. Other than that, I totally get distracted.

I was silly and still am and I couldn’t do anything about it.