Comment by veunes
2 months ago
Brief interactions with your "pet" encourage you to take small mental breaks. For me it can be a big boost of productivity
2 months ago
Brief interactions with your "pet" encourage you to take small mental breaks. For me it can be a big boost of productivity
Uninvited, randomly forced small mental breaks is disruptive for me.
That said, I have a real pet, when I get the feeling to play with it, I do so, and it helps my mind to come up with a solution while I'm not consciously thinking about it. I often came up with great ideas while I was talking to my girlfriend as well, essentially when I wasn't actively focusing on the issue.
Yet for me, I’ve found that small, low-effort breaks like interacting with a virtual pet actually help me reset without taking me out of the zone for too long