I play Netflix while showering

Mind a-buzzing. Thoughts overlapping. Words running over one another.

In recent times, it is not a peculiar thing to see someone walking down the street with wireless earphones in their ears, be it your standard cable headset, or TWSes. It is common to listen to music, podcast, or even ambience, while you do your day-to-day tasks. Out of the 24 hours in a day, you might see even almost 20 of those filled with sounds from streaming services.

I am not an exception. What I am, though, is a coward.

I wake up at 5.30 a.m. First thing I do? Turn on my tablet and put a Netflix show on. Usually How I Met Your Mother (sadly this one is not available anymore in Netflix per 2022) or Friends. Or in other instances, put on my favorite Spotify playlist. Perhaps Taylor Swift, or sometimes The Beatles. Most times musicals and showtunes.

I let them go on stand by while I go about my day. I take my tablet with me to the bathroom while I shower. I put it back on the bed while I pray. I place it on the desk while I make the bed. I bring it with me downstairs while I prepare breakfast and make my first coffee of the day.

Turns out the streaming video or music is there to cover the thoughts I have. The voices struggling to get out. The words trying to form themselves into coherent sentences.

What am I afraid of, you might ask. Even now as I’m writing this first post, I am struggling to get the words out. What are you trying to say, mind? What do you want to express?

Anyway, this is my way of opening up a new page. To turn the buzzing in my head into actual words. To put it into something that I used to love: writings. Will be trying to be consistent and commit, at least to myself. I owe it to my mind. To hear what it has to say.