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Noise cancelling headphones will change your life. I can’t work in the office without mine. I have AirPods Pro and Bose noise cancelling, and both are incredible at removing ambient noise when I’m trying to work. The Bose are slightly better at noise cancellation, but they’re also bulkier and slightly more expensive.
I second the Bose noise cancelling over the ear headphones, best money I ever spent! Got me through law school with several noisy roommates. I've had mine for 4 years and they still work as well as the day I bought them. I usually listen to biaurnal beets playlists or "quiet" or "focus" playlists from Spotify but I also sometimes just turn them "on" with no noise.
Rising Star
I have a white noise sound machine in my both of my offices and they have worked wonders.
In law school I used a variety of “noise” with good headphones - some days white noise worked best, other days brown or pink noise worked better (the different “colors” stimulate your brain differently). Nowadays, I’ll often play a song I like on repeat because it’ll increase dopamine while also limiting the amount of stimulation I’m getting since it’s playing over and over. I definitely recommend testing out multiple different strategies so you have a whole set so you can roll with the ADHD punches!
How do you do with white noise? mynoise.net has a lot of good noise blocker white noise generators. I’ve been using it since law school to control the noises in my work environment.
Ear plugs!
As good as the air pod pros were, the bigger air pod pro max was game changer for the noise cancellation. Also, for when I need to listen to music to stay focused there’s a transparency mode so you can still hear your surroundings if need be.
There is a website called calm.com that you can have nature scenes and sounds in the background with headphones. I recently purchased cordless headphones and that has also made a huge difference as I used to get frustrated with feeling literally tied to my desk with the headphone cord.
White noise machine. And real earplugs instead of earbuds or headphones.
https://www.focusatwill.com/
This app was made with ADHDer in mind. I need fast loud music throbbing in my ears to drowned out all the other noise. I know I’m on the extreme end of the spectrum of noise level needed to cancel the world. The app has a test to see which music works best for you.
Highly recommend!
I was diagnosed right before I took the bar and this app: https://endel.io/ worked wonders for me with Bose noise cancelling earbuds. I’m using the Deep Focus soundscape in the office now and it is having a similar effect. If I’m not in the mood for sounds, I also keep Loop earplugs on me at all times.