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*waves* Hello Introverts. INFP here.

Background noise… *purses lips* I feel like this should be a simple question. Our house has a very open floor-plan, so I can’t really remember a time when it was anything like quiet, especially since there are fourteen of us. 😉 I used to listen to music on my headphones to escape, but developed a hearing disorder that effectually put headphones out of the picture. *sniffles* I still miss them. Sometimes, on stormy nights, I can still hear them calling…

I do have a very focused, one-track-mind, which is a blessing and a curse, as it allows me to block pretty much anything, but… it also allows me to block pretty much anything. 😛

If I write in the office/storage room my mom and I share, chances are I won’t be alone. There are two other computers in that room that the rest of the household uses. My brother does the accounting for his Etsy store (hand-carved walkingsticks sell like hot-cakes) there, my mom does all her accounting and bookwork for our cabin rentals there, and one of my other brothers likes to come in and look up geeky videos about rubix cubes, chemistry, and flying machines. Add to that smaller siblings coming in to get their shoes tied, their buttons fixed, spelling instruction, or just coming in to chat, and it’s a pretty busy place.

My parent’s bedroom is a little quieter, but not by much.

It used to upset me, but I learned to roll with it. Efficiency and focus aren’t everything. Time is measured in units of eternal value. Okay, so maybe I got one less page written, but I sure made my little sister happy by helping her tie off the edges of her woven pot-holder.

The mindset took discipline to use consistently, but it’s so much less stressful when you see it like that. Eternal perspective is very rewarding.

I do still like to listen to music when I can, though. Since I can’t use headphones, the rest of the family has gotten overdosed on Audiomachine, Peter Gundry, and Two Steps from Hell. XD

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