Tags: life-learning Optimize Everything
it is 11 o’clock at night right now, a little fresh and I am sitting outside. why?
because i miss the silence.
i work nearly all of my waking hours, but even in small moments of relaxation I always put something on: youtube video, music, anything. but never: nothing my brain is receiving constant input.
and now i was just walking back from the gym, music in my ears, listening to the same song for the 1000x time, not really enjoying it. i put my airpods away and wow, there it was: beautiful silence
and the thing is that having no input was actually less boring than with music. listening to music blocked my brain from releasing it’s own thoughts.
and this is so important and could I explain why I dream so much (I dream about Helmit constantly. before becoming a founder I was not dreaming that much). throughout the day my brain probably has no time to process all the information coming in.
today is 2026-05-09 and I am going to change the following things:
- delete youtube app (i also don’t have insta, tiktok or anything) → no video app on phone. If i want to watch youtube videos (longer ones) i will have to do that on my ipad
- less music
- more active breaks with no input
will update this with my experience once I have the first results