Thanks for the tip about Grammarly - I actually hadn't heard of it.

I had no idea you weren't a native English speaker. There is a little bit of syntactic awkwardness in your articles but it's very subtle and I chalked it up to your personal style.

I always used to listen to music or videos but its amazing how much white noise/distracting noise can influence your productivity. We are such sensory creatures - even small things can affect us in great ways.