How do you get in your "productive" mode?
city41: Explore and try things. I have found listening to my favorite music is a hindrance, for example. I instead have found that listening to drum'n'bass or jazz helps a lot. I normally wouldn't listen to them, but they are more nondescript and fill the background space nicely, allowing me to concentrate.I'm there to work, not enjoy my music, so I am perfectly OK with this change.