Space & Sound

Overlapping discussions at work, background music, city noise and even the low hum of my wifi modem have increasingly become overwhelming. At the very least, I have become hyper aware of just how many sounds we are subject to on the daily.

What’s interesting is, just recently I was using sound as a tool to reconnect. Music helped me feel in my body. Validating the full spectrum of my feels, it supported my process. Chill music for focus, pumped up jams for energy, powerful ballads for sadness. Music was and usually is a grounding tool for me.

However recently, life has felt noisy. Perhaps I am easily irritated due to stress or its the restrictions being lifted making the city noisier. But regardless of why, the sound sensitivity screams, so I listen.

The sudden urge to move to the woods arrives as a solution but I know this urge. It’s not my real desire.

It’s a sign I need a break. I rarely realize I am stressed until after the fact, so this urge is my signal to stop taking life so serious, drop the hustle and roll into a restful reality.

Which as of late, looks like opting to walk without music and clean without podcasts. Instead listening to the subtle sounds of life. Doing so seems to clear space for thoughts, feelings and nothingness.

Nothingness is my new BFF and she has been surprisingly fun.

She is quiet, which opens space and increases my awareness. All of which seem to be recalibrating my overstimulated brain and nervous system. Grounded in nothingness I feel fresh and free.