Published on 12, July, 2020
Most people I know like watching television or listening to music, but those are no good for me. I’m more of a quiet person who sticks to herself. I am very sensitive to sounds and even on quiet I find listening to the television or a song makes my ears feel like they’re bleeding.
So instead I make my own fun and entertainment. Reading is one of them but I also keep busy by doing cooking as well. Where I live we have an old Rayburn oven and the cakes from it are mouth wateringly delicious! I spend a lot of time in the bake house, and also by the lake where I sit and watch the fish which surprisingly is something I do a lot now.
What do you do for fun?
I get great enjoyment from learning extra details about things that I'm nerdy about - sort of filling in missing bits of my nerd-jigsaw of the universe & everything. This can happen in museums, watching tv, accidentally finding things on youtube etc. I can literally feel the flush through my neurons as the old stuff gets refreshed & augmented. I realise more and more that I am 100% visually driven - almost all data comes through my eyes. Seeing how things work or fit together really makes my brain fire on all cylinders.
My wife thinks it's odd that I watch youtube on 2x speed and still absorb it all - but I'm filtering all of the dead words from the story - I only hear the technical facts & figures.
That's like me with reading! I skip the 'white noise' and take the parts I find interesting in. I wish that I could read even faster still
Sadly I'm a very slow reader, I take in every sentense like a praline, but I read about three times slower than average, it's sometimes embarassing when I'm reading something the first time in an online meeting.