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Suffice to say, my headphones have never asked me that before.

And now, a test!

Becky Scarrott, wearing NW75 Neuro in the office

Yes, the EEG sensors are genuinely built into the earpads…

I’m invited to set up a “session” ie.

Still, I deploy what I call myBest and Most Badass Black Fridayplaylistanyway.

Surely that will see me cruising into a Grade A flow state, right?

MW75 Neuro headphones held in a hand on green background

Yes, the EEG sensors are genuinely built into the earpads…

nowhere near 50% of it) I write.

On three occasions, I have to refer to the kindly-supplied MW75 Neuro Reviewer’s Guide.

It’s 1.10pm and I have a Lunch and Learn to attend.

MW75 Neuro headphones held in a hand on green background

Yes, the EEG sensors are genuinely built into the earpads…

I hit “End” on my inaugural MW75 Neuro “session”.

With some practice, maintaining focus on your goals will become a habit."

Doesn’t sound too difficult, does it?

Headphones tear-down, revealing a Neurable BCI chipset in them

An early leak of a Neurable prototype set of headphones

Or you may be switching between related tasks, such as assembling information to generate a report."

Furthermore, only 30% of the time a paltry 8 minutes!

was spent in a state of medium focus.

MW75 Neuro headphones held in a hand on green background

I mean, it’s an outrage.

What am I giving you, my beloved and respected readership?

He listened, as he knows to do, patiently and intently.

Becky Scarrott wearing MW75 Neuro in the office

I looked at him sharply.

“It was my brain though, wasn’t it?

Nobody else was wearing those beautiful headphones but me!”

Even as I stalked off, I knew he’d got it.

He always gets it; that’s why I keep him around.

But a journalist’s work is not so simple!

Yes, six novels.

A fairly lonely life?

But look at what she was able to achieve!

Austen died at 41.

I’m 45 and have yet to write my first novel.

What’s the solution to all of this?

A productive mind?

Why should I need my headphones to tell me it’s OK to have a rest?

Is it because we’re hard-wired to applaud working too hard, perhaps?

I expected to be terrified by what Neurable’s headphones learned about me when trialing them.

I think the MW75 Neuro are very good headphones, as is the well-meaning and thorough tech within them.

It’s just that sometimes the truth hurts, and we’ve only got ourselves to blame.

We need to learn to switch off.

What should I do to change it?

How can I switch off?

Is that even possible now?

Asking ourselves these questions can only be a good thing.

Also, I’ve yet to be called into a meeting and fired by my EiC.

But let’s see how this particular feature performs…