listen to music, sometimes, like now, really loud!! Coheed and Cambria at the moment, The Cat Empire earlier, later ..... who knows, but I think whatever it is, it's going to have to stay at this volume. Can you guys hear it?
For me the question should be: "What SHOULD YOU BE DOING when you're playing chess". Especially with online chess, I'm always playing when I should be doing something else. And during the games, I do often allow all kinds of things to distract me...maybe I should meditate or something.
"Work" is what I'm supposedly doing during the day, but I'm a teacher, I mean, when I'm not in the classroom, what else am I supposed to do. Also, watch movies, etc.