I stopped listening to music for 3 months as a science experiment on myself & learned a lot from it.

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Stuff & Things:
- iPod Shuffle: Apple iPod Shuffle 4th Generation
- “iPod”: Astell & Kern AK Jr (not a real iPod)
- Headphones: Jabra Evolve 80 UC stereo - headset
- Camera: Sony ZV-1
- Editing: Final Cut Pro
- Calcifer fireplace video:    • 🔥 Warm Fireplace ambience but relaxin...  

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:51 What I did
01:34 Why I stopped listening to music
06:11 What I learned
11:53 My advice for you
16:37 How I want to consume in the future
20:20 Limitations & Conclusion

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1. In my video titled "I deleted all my social media and made a website," I mentioned that I want to create a Discord server. Upon further reflection, I've decided not to follow through with this. My primary focus right now is not YouTube, & I believe that managing a Discord server would require a significant amount of time that I'm unable to commit to at this time.
2. I’ll still try my best to respond to Pinterest messages & answer any questions you have!
3. For the people who used to watch my live streams: I have decided to discontinue my twice-weekly live streams. I might still live stream occasionally, just not to the frequency I used to. But I had so much fun talking to you all on my live streams during the 2-3 months I did them & will remember you regular watchers forever :( ...
4. I deleted many of my videos as I have been thinking more about how much of my life I want to be accessible by the public. I'm new to this YouTube thing so please bear with me as I figure out exactly what my goals are for this channel & how I want to go about accomplishing them through my content.
5. I’m excited to listen to music again :D. Please leave music recommendations in the comments.
6. Thank you for reading this, I appreciate it. Take care of yourself today!
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