How do you stay focused during repetitive work tasks?

So much of my work is repetitive because there are certain rules we must follow in our editing process. When focus gets too intense, I usually pull up my email, both office and personal, and look at it and answer anything that is a quick reply. Sometimes if I’m between documents, I’ll pull up a hub and read it and comment (like right now).

A couple of our people put on headphones and listen to Pandora, but I find music too distracting.

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