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title: "Music"
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date: 2022-05-16T20:58:18+02:00
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Music has a profound effect on me. It dictates my mood, helps me process
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emotions or keeps me focused. It motivates me when I'm running & helps me when
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I'm down. And of course, I'm listening to some great music while writing this
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post.
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I felt like writing, mostly because I was feeling a bit like shit. It calms me
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down, helps me put things in order. The idea to write about music just popped
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into my head, but I've had it in the back of mind for a while now.
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Music really is something special. It can evoke such a wide range of emotions,
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from blissful joy to a depressed pitfall & everything in between. Whenever I'm
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feeling down I just crack up some tunes. Not necessarily happy tunes mind you,
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sometimes it's better to soak in the sadness for a bit, there's no point in
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keeping it inside.
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According to most people's standards, I listen to music *a lot*. I put in my
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earbuds when I leave for classes at 8AM, or put on my headphones when I'm
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working behind my desk. Every time I ride my bike, walk or run, I'm listening
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to music. Whenever I'm studying or programming, I'm listening to music. In
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total, I probably listen to music for at least 6 hours a day. Luckily that is
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more than enough to justify buying a Tidal subscription for 10 euros a month ;p
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That does bring me to my next point; I'm an audiophile. I love high resolution
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audio & my audio setup reflects that. My Sennheiser HD 660S are very dear to
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me, and they've provided me with hundreds of hours of listening pleasure at
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this point.
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I'm not really picky with what genres of music I listen to either. The music
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just has to provide a certain feeling that fits my current mood. I do prefer
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listening to entire albums, which is why I've amassed a great list of albums
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that I love to listen to. Despite my horrible memory I tend to navigate this
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list just fine, with each song just coming up as a feeling in the moment & my
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mind magically navigating to the right album.
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My love for music has been around for as long as I can remember. Back in high
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school I was constantly listening to music; I've even played the piano for
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years before stopping due to a lack of interest. Sadly that spirals back to my
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lack of motivation for most things, but I digress.
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The truth is, I wanted to write, just write, to process the exam stress that
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I'm going through right now. I've got exams in two weeks & as usual, the stress
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has been killing me. My horrible sleep hygiene doesn't help either. I rarely go
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to bed before midnight & when I do, I just lie awake in bed, thinking. Thinking
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of how I'll have to study more tomorrow, because otherwise I won't make it. A
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constant fear of failure looms above me, ready to eat me up inside.
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Well, this post got depressing quite fast, I'm sorry about that. Thing is, I
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want to use this site to express myself, so when I'm feeling stressed, I want
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to express that as well. It's liberating in a way, sharing this information
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with "the world", in my own controlled way.
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If you've gotten this far, thank for you reading through my ramblings &
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insecurities, I do truly appreciate it. Au revoir.
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