I love music! I grew up playing it loud. Rock, pop, classical, not a lot of country, no opera.
I try to have something playing nearby at all times. It soothes and distracts, covers some of the noises, and helps my day go better.
I used to love to wear headphones. My Walkman was on full most of the time. I shaped the world around me with music.
As I have gotten older my wife and children and others around me became more of a priority. I would walk around with one side of the headphones in.
Then came Bluetooth ear pieces. I bought some of early ear pieces and looked like a goof walking around with this thing stuck in my ear. But I felt like Spock from the original series of Star Trek. Since I had the look going on I kept watching and waiting for an app that would make my phone talk to me in my ear.
And it came! Text to speech (TTS) started out big and bulky then got streamlined on my Android phones. An app called Tasker (https://tasker.joaoapps.com/) came out that allowed me to automate things on my phone, so I started using Tasker to download things and tap in to text files and make my phone talk to me when my earpiece was in and connected to the phone.
It's been awesome! I still usually only have one ear filled with an earpiece because I want to be able to hear and understand when people walk up and start talking to me. But I have a good collection of different sized and shaped ear pieces that keep me connected and entertained.
Fun!
