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Small-Scale Question Sunday for August 6, 2023

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How are you listening to music? I've discovered it's hard for me to listen to the music on the background, e.g. while working or reading or anything else. Too distracting. I only can enjoy listening to music when that's the only thing I do, or when I do something that does not require any mental effort (like mowing the lawn). But that leaves me with not a lot of time to listen to any music, especially given I can also listen to audio-books when mowing etc. I'd like to listen to music more but somehow it doesn't work out. Any ideas what could I change?

Sometimes I'll play music when writing. But if the music has lyrics I prefer to listen to it when the writing is not labor-intensive -- more like the initial, stream-of-consciousness stuff that goes into the first draft of an essay. But instrumental music, like classical, goes with doing anything.