Trying To Find The Time

[smallhobbit]

A while ago I took out an Audible subscription, which means I can have a new audiobook every month, which is great.  Except that I don't seem to find time to listen to them, which is frustrating.  I'd like to find a regular time to spend say 15 minutes a day listening.  But it's just not happening.

In the car I listen to the radio and I'm currently enjoying audio CDs of Ngaio Marsh's Inspector Alleyn stories - I'm on the third of the stories read by Benedict Cumberbatch, and have two more lined up, this time read by Anton Lesser.  They're great because they don't require major amounts of concentration which is ideal for driving.

I have a regular time in the evening for doing my cross-stitch, and I'm still working on Duolingo German - I finished the basic level (yay! - see icon) but am continuing just because 10-15 minutes each day is good to help it stay lodged in my brain.  Counted cross-stitch requires too much concentration to listen to anything - I enjoy it partly because it totally absorbs my mind.

I can generally sit down and write, and have challenges/exchanges lined up to keep me going.  And I always read actual books in bed last thing at night.

There are times when I will listen to an audiobook, but nothing regular, and if I'm going to get the most out of my subscription this would be helpful.  Why must my brain be so unco-operative in this matter?

Comments

[solosundance]

My brain's not very cooperative with audible either. At the moment I use my subscription to listen to old favourites whose texts I already know, or to readers whose delivery I particularly like - it's become a comfort thing as it both takes my mind off stresses and sends me to sleep. I tend not to listen to new things - more annoying to conk out halfway through a chapter!

(On the downside I've discovered if I try and listen to audiobooks while driving I want to go to sleep then, too...)

[smallhobbit]

I'm happy reading actual books at night - I'm sure I would fall asleep listening to an audio book, which really would be pointless when it's a new story. Fortunately it doesn't have that effect when I'm driving.