Don’t wear your airpods

Before COVID, I don’t remember listening to this many podcasts or this much music. It was usually an activity on its own, or something I listened to during my commute. I think working from home changed that. I started playing podcasts in the background while doing everything else, and eventually it became something I did without even thinking about it.

I wanted to curb the habit because I noticed that when I’m constantly consuming something in the background, I don’t remember much of what I actually did that day.

So now I’ve put a limit on how many times I can open Spotify, and each listening session is capped at 20 minutes. It forces me to be intentional about what I actually want to listen to rather than just pressing play out of habit.

It has helped me a lot with curbing mindless content consumption—and, surprisingly, made me enjoy what I do listen to more.