The Zone: Designing

Tell us about your favorite way to get lost in a simple activity — running, chopping vegetables, folding laundry, whatever. What’s it like when you’re in “the zone”?

I can totally get in the zone when I'm working on a design. I put my earphones in, turn on some music and zoom in on my photo and get to work. I love to listen to my "classic music" channel on Pandora. It's not really that classical, more like instrumental versions of songs (like what 2cellos does). But the important thing is that it's not too distracting but provides some soothing ambient sound that distracts my subconscious from trying to write my grocery list. The next thing I know it's been two and a half hours.

I've been using a website lately that tells me when it's been twenty minutes so I can give my eyes a rest so I don't get such bad headaches, and I can't believe how soon it goes off every time!