Studying, filling out homework, and writing essays are difficult, tedious, mind-numbing, and time consuming tasks. Today I’m going to explore my favorite solution to these problems, and discuss ways to ease the pain that I would otherwise feel almost constantly throughout my school life.
There are several problems with school, even homeschool. The main one is the sheer amount of time-consuming and repetitive tasks, that can cause the brain to shrink rather than grow. I know that when I spend hours solving math problems and history essays specifically, I get bored very, very quickly, and it is very easy to get distracted by any little thing because every fiber of my body wants me to resist spending time on those things. Outside distractions can be a real problem when I’m working, especially as I live with a younger brother that seems to really, really like yelling at the top of his lungs for large portions of the day.
Listening to music while working on school is the solution to all of these problems. It helps me keep half of my brain occupied while the other half is creative while writing essays or bored while doing math. It helps me keep at least a little bit of my sanity intact. It also helps drown out any unavoidable distracting background noises that plague my focus.
In conclusion, I think listening to music without lyrics is a very good way to help preserve one’s focus and sanity while doing all sorts of schoolwork, just as long as you have the capability to maintain focus on your work and not be distracted by the music, like I do.