Discussion on: Describe Your Tetris Effect

Absolutely.

Here's my personal formula for getting into "flow state" or "Tetris effect."

• Have a problem to solve with code
• Listen to one of the following:
  • Video game music (Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Undertale/Deltarune, something good)
  • J-pop (vocaloid stuff is my jam)
  • Anything future funk, future bass, electro-swing, etc.
• Noise cancelling headphones
• A container of water nearby
• (optional) coffee or some light stimulant

Once the stage is set, my mind does the following:

• What are the first few steps to solve this issue? Do I start by playing detective? Maybe I start writing new module? How about I write a test to account for this bug and the desired outcome?
• Start working on step 1. If step 2 is already established, do step 2.
• ONLY focus on accomplishing the task at hand. Nothing else matters. Facebook, Twitter, email, texts, and other notifications can all just go away.
• Continue until the task is done.
• Move the task to the CI build, next step, whatever.
• Grab the next thing to fix.
• Start over again. What's step 1? Find step one, execute, repeat.

Suddenly, 4 hours pass, and I'll feel awesome :).

Hope this helps!