Taking a break part two: without music

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]y hiatus from music is going well. Obviously, I haven't managed to completely avoid it, but I'm not listening to it intentionally while driving to work or writing. It's actually been an enlightening experience that's teaching me what I've been doing wrong all this time. I had a misconception that I "needed" music to work, walk, or do anything. Now I feel more free.

Something I didn't even think of when starting this interlude was that I had a chance to listen to different things while driving and sitting in a coffee shop. I forgot about podcasts because I prioritized everything ahead of them. Now I've discovered some powerful weekly sermon releases available on iTunes, along with some of my favorite chat shows like The Pen Addict and other thoughtful 70Decibels shows. I used to listen to 5by5, but now I've grown to expand my network selection.

It's weird to think that I forgot about the other types of audio. Music is just the most popular thing you can listen to; there's a large variety of media available in this format. When I can be learning from words rather than relating to them emotionally, that might be a better route to take, right? I think I need to find the balance is all.

Onward!