Listen, I don't know how you go about your day-to-day life. Everyone is different, and we all work our best in different ways, you know? Still, one important thing to know about me is that pretty much ever since I can remember, I've been the kind of person who works best while listening to music.
That's a thing that's been true regardless of the type of work that I'm doing. What music I listen to will change based on many things, not the least of which is whether I want or need to sing along, or whether I need to just get myself deep into a hypnotic groove and power through whatever it is I'm trying to do (like, say, writing).
Working in kitchens, I favored faster music with higher energy; metal, EDM, reggaeton; basically, lots of things that went well with the frenetic pace of back-of-house activities. Sometimes it helped to be able to sing along; other times, the rhythm was the most important part, and everything else was secondary.
