audio habits

Wrapped up listening to the proof of FROSTBORN: THE FALSE KING today, and I realized I listen to a lot of different audio content.

Ubiquitous low-cost audio isn’t new (car radios, for example) but back then you had to listen to whatever was on the radio. Nowadays with a little foresight you can listen to whatever you want, whenever you want.

Given the plethora of low-cost audio options available nowadays, I’ve developed very specific habits for what I listen to while performing tasks:

-EXERCISE, CARDIO: Music

-EXERCISE, STRENGTH TRAINING: Podcasts

-ROAD TRIP: Audiobooks

-WALKING: Audiobooks

-COOKING: Podcasts

-DOMESTIC CHORES: Podcasts

-YARD WORK WITHOUT ENGINES: Podcasts or Audiobooks

-YARD WORK WITH ENGINES (LAWNMOWING, SNOWBLOWING): Music, when the engine isn’t too loud

-POWER TOOL USAGE: No music, but earplugs for safety reasons. Safety first!

-WRITING: Music

-EDITING: Music

-GRAPHIC DESIGN: Podcasts

Of course, when I get to the phase of editing when my Kindle Fire reads the book aloud to me, I listen to that.

So those are my audio habits. What are yours? 🙂

-JM