Too Busy to Sing

As of lately, I’ve noticed that I’ve lost my ability to listen to music.

I don’t find myself sitting down with my headphones on, a drink in one hand and my phone on the other, just to turn on my favorite tunes and hum along. Now it’s just mindlessly letting an app’s algorithm spoonfeed what songs to like. Listening to music is just not the same for me when life is just so busy.

Music to be now is more of a way to fill a void in my ears. It bounces off the walls, replacing what used to be my family BGM (if you’ve lived in a big family, you’ll understand that silence was not an option). So I’ve come to terms with this fact, that music now is just filler for what used to be the norm.

Even then, I still have songs that I go back to once in a while. The ones I found after scavenging through hours of not-quite-the-ones. These bring back memories of when I first found them. Good memories when I had less (maybe none) responsibilities to think about.

Anyhoo, I’ll leave myself time after a busy day to just shutdown and listen to some songs, maybe find a couple I’d really enjoy. I’ve kinda gotten bored of Youtube and their suggestions.

That’ll be a nice change.