It's a skill that I wish I learnt more about when I was in school. I've been getting better!
Yes, the do-not-disturb is something I've recently been trying. I've been given more responsibility as of late and have made sure that I'm only pinged now for emergency work, giving me more time to be free to do my own thing. Like, sit in front of the computer studying!
Ah, the life of never leaving the computer!
I'm running Ubuntu for my servers, with kali on my laptop