Enlightening Thought #14

People today live in the fast lane. We live in a world where we're always rushing to start something, rushing to finish something, rushing to get somewhere, and rushing to leave somewhere. There's simply always more that we need to do.

People today live life loud (damn, that's some nice alliteration right there!). There's always somebody saying something to us, some sort of noise in the background (construction, traffic, or that person who just won't stop nagging at us...), music playing, or something. Anything.

The only chance we have to slow and quiet down is in those few minutes before sleep. Even then, our thoughts are usually rushing around in our mind, reminding us of the shitton of stuff that we have to attempt to accomplish tomorrow.

As a result, we lead stressed, hectic, frazzled, and all-around unhappy lives.

And so, to right this terrible wrong, and to make life calmer and smoother, I offer to you the following piece of wisdom:

Listen to soothing music.

No metal, no pop, no indie, etc. Don't listen to anything where any words and lyrics are actually understandable.



Granted, you won't be in complete silence, but this will be the closest to catharsis as you'll ever get.

My own personal suggestions include: Sigur Ros (Post-rock), Radiohead (Experimental rock), Ravel (Classical), and Saint-Saens (also Classical).