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For the past three weeks, I’ve been experimenting with removing music from my worktime, no longer listening to it while I’m at the computer. I’d begun to suspect that I was addicted, and that I was listening to too much music, and that it was hurting my productivity. So far, the experiment seems to be [...]

I’ll have to make this a shorter post than usual today because I have no time today But I can’t leave my readers hanging right in the middle of this post-every-day-for-30-days challenge I’m doing.
The night after my last post on the music addiction topic, one week ago exactly, I went to a concert [...]

Some time ago, I started to notice I was getting distracted by listening to too much music. I’d put off things I needed to do, because I was caught up in whatever song I was listening to, even though technically it would only take a couple minutes to switch the song to my mp3 player. [...]

If you’ve been reading my articles regularly, you know I’m big on using flashcards to study languages. I use a Spaced Repetition System: that’s where you put flashcards on the computer and when you review a card, you rate it. Then a program uses your ratings to figure out what cards you should see for [...]

Lately I’ve felt like I really want to accomplish more with my time. Sort of like a growing pain, like my consciousness is trying to expand and it’s running up against barriers in the form of time and distraction.
One thing I’ve noticed, is that as much as I love music, I’ve been listening to it [...]

Since music has been called the Language of Love, I’m always striving to learn more about it. Over thousands of hours spent listening to music, I’ve gradually become aware of two types of music. Knowing about this distinction will greatly help anyone searching to expand their music horizons. Of course, just by reading GlowingFaceMan.com long [...]

Theres a phenomenon when people listen to music. When a good song, or good part, comes along. Some people’ll turn the volume up slightly. This lets you enjoy the good part a bit more. The mistake is that you leave it like that afterward. And your ears adjust. So if you’re listening a long time [...]

What’s the difference between a good day and a great, angels-walking-the-earth, badassly excellent day?? ANSWER: Music! Music has been called the language of emotion, as well as the language of love. You can’t help but FEEL GOOD when you listen to your favorite music. If you work in an office, or live with people, or [...]