Time Managment

A Person wrote: Finnforest wrote: SlickPhreak wrote:   Also, you didn't mention TV, but if you have one, my suggestion is to unplug it.        And turn off cell phones sometimes.  Delete your Facebook account.  Stop bathing.  Or install a stereo system in your bathroom, which kinda sounds awesome. Except it getting wet.

I have a set of waterproof outdoor speakers for use in the bathroom and plug my iPlod in when I'm going to be in there for any length of time - obviously everything is battery powered. Tangerine Dream sounds great in the bathroom - I often soak in the tub to Underwater Sunlight.

MP3 player. As simple as that. 

Snow Dog wrote: Cut out the church.

Let's not take out the religion, keep the church

The Truth wrote: Snow Dog wrote: Cut out the church. Let's not take out the religion, keep the church

A Person wrote: Finnforest wrote: SlickPhreak wrote:   Also, you didn't mention TV, but if you have one, my suggestion is to unplug it.        And turn off cell phones sometimes.  Delete your Facebook account.  Stop bathing.  Or install a stereo system in your bathroom, which kinda sounds awesome. Except it getting wet.

I'm a thirty eight year old Dad and budding author.

Basically, I listen to music eight hours a day at work, two hours on the commute and then I usually get about an hour or two once everyone else has gone to bed and I'm trying to write.  On weekends, I'll keep my hour or two at night and also listen if I'm working around the house or driving somewhere.

The trick is my iPod.  I've pretty configured my world to accept the iPod.  I have a stereo in the kitchen and the garage that will accept an input from the pod, my stereo also accepts the pod and finally, I listen to my music at work directly from the pod as well.

My iPod is one of my two favorite material objects (my car being the other).

Just enjoy when you do listen rather than worry about how often you listen.  I have huge numbers on my play count signature, but more than half of the time it's background noise rather than a quality 'sit down and listen to something without distractions' listen.  The great thing about all of the new music that you're hearing about, it will still be there when you have the time.  Everyone makes their own priorities and if you really want to listen to more music, rank it higher on your priority list.  For me, music comes before sports and movies (unless it's a date with my wife which would be a subheading under the family category).

Wow, that was a lot of words.

Sometimes you just can't find the time - it's been happening to me lately.

Pick the correct numbers for the lottery buy an Island and helicopter. Hire a nanny for the kids. Build your own movie theatre and listening studio, attend virtual church, buy every prog album that ever existed and go nuts. I`m sure it`s just a matter of time before they come out with that second to last one last one.
 
Seriously, I play music when I`m working on the car, eating breakfast or supper and working ( I work for myself ).
One thing I don`t own is an ipod. Those headphones will wreck your ears besides I don`t like blocking out the sounds of nature when I`m walking down the street. In fact right now I`m listening to Eloy`s The Power and the Passion.


Edited by Vibrationbaby - November 09 2009 at 13:35

Vibrationbaby wrote: Pick the correct numbers for the lottery buy an Island and helicopter. Hire a nanny for the kids. Build your own movie theatre and listening studio, attend virtual church, buy every prog album that ever existed and go nuts. I`m sure it`s just a matter of time before they come out with that second to last one last one.   Seriously, I play music when I`m working on the car, eating breakfast or supper and working ( I work for myself ). One thing I don`t own is an ipod. Those headphones will wreck your ears besides I don`t like blocking out the sounds of nature when I`m walking down the street. In fact right now I`m listening to Eloy`s The Power and the Passion.

That's kind of a misconception, there are a multitude of items out there with a quarter inch jack to hook to an iPod.  I listen to my pod for a good ten hours a day without ever putting a head phone on or ear bud in.  The pod for me is just a very convenient place to store what ever I may feel like listening to at that moment.

Commute is the word.. although I still go to school, I have made it to about 2 or 3 albums a day - just in commute time. Seriously, listening to music is the only thing train lateness is good for..