Sky's Mindfulness Journal (Mk.II)

Interesting to read about the impact music has on you. I was very heavily encouraged about a year ago, to delete a playlist I had built. It sometimes helped me to sleep, but often resulted in pain or becoming triggered, due to trauma associations.

It's really hard to remove certain music from one's life, for sure But sometimes it's good to try and listen to it sparingly if possible

I definitely feel that actually, she advised something similar. There's a song called "Secunda" that genuinely puts me to sleep so quickly because of its harp rhythm, but it's sad to listen to as well - so I can empathise with the idea of something being incredibly helpful and harmful at once

I recognise that was about a year ago but I hope you've found things slightly better since?

Definitely, never in my twenty years have I ever really tried I'm going to try switching out game music with memories attached to more classical stuff, if you have any calm suggestions please do advise

It's really hard when it's helpful and harmful at once, isn't it? And not knowing which one it's going to be until you try listening to it... I have that with a certain film as well

Tbh I kinda regret deleting it, though the sensible adult part of me does recognise that I did the right thing in deleting it in the end

Ahhhh, I'm not the best person for music suggestions, I just listen to the same things on repeat haha. My "processing song" is Rachmaninov's 2nd piano concerto slow movement though

Also do the same thing with music including a song about the death of a friend which is just stupid

Trying to work out that instrument too now is there such thing as a soprano/piccolo oboe? Can't help thinking it's probably just a normal one but the sound's distorted a bit. They can play to the G two and a bit octaves above middle C they just don't like it very much! Doing a piece with an oboeist atm with various top Es in and one F, she hates it

Not classical as such but I love the piano guys for relaxing stuff, their videos are amazing too all set in different places. Don't know if you'd struggle with the cello but yeah

No, I have one like that too so I'm the last person to judge

I didn't think there was but that sounds more logical, thank you! And oh god, trying to do a high note on any wind instrument sounds like torture (and might be why I've stuck to strings my entire life )

I'm usually okay with cello unless it's certain songs, I've been meaning to check out their stuff for ages now Better than just practising Danse Macabre for the 18th time just to get halfway better at it and then giving up and eating ice cream and crying because it's so hard

...wow ok i wasnt meaning to offload that much oh my god

Least I'm not the only one I guess and according to wikipedia there is apparently! Very rare though and not sure that's something I ever want to hear. Piccolo normal is bad enough high notes on flute and sax are fine though.

Ah okay, yeah not everyone likes them but I do a lot. Saw them in the royal albert hall earlier in the year and and ice cream is good crying can be too tbf.

Well done on the coursework marks, glad you've had a mostly good day! Do you know what went wrong in the 15% one?

Weirdly I don't mind piccolo high notes, but I've been using them in my own work for years as well

Oh man I didn't know they played there, I'm definitely gonna have to look into it - had a listen to some of them and aaaa it's so good

Thank you! Honestly it's just because it was a titration and I panicked for 3 hours, it wasn't a fun time That's kinda been a problem in deciding the whole uni thing actually, bc although I like Biology, I've as of yet hated all of my labs in both Bio and Chem ^^;

They're nice within stuff, playing it though or sat right next to one is like nooo. Stupidly hard to play decently too and just deafens you.

It was so good! I'd always wanted to go anyway so when I saw they were got so excited need to listen to them again tbh, haven't in ages.

Ah, can imagine that that's not great. See how they go I guess? But can see your dilemma :/ so many.conflicting confusing factors

Oooh, I forgot you're a flautist. Yeah, that's a bit different than me just sitting in the middle of the strings relatively ignored so I'll feel you on that one

I just wish more places played outside London that I'm interested in, I have to weigh up if it's worth the nightmare just to see it I loved their way of fusing Vivaldi's Winter with Let it Go though, definitely wanna see that live!!

Yep :/ The whole Physics situation will get a lot easier once I actually start my labs I think, am looking forward to doing experiments that don't involve things that could kill me with one wrong move I'm just uncoordinated as hell basically

Yep do not like piccolos

They normally do non London ones, I saw them in Manchester a few years back and they've played in Birmingham and more places since definitely. They are amazing love though! Except when they got cliff richard up on the stage to sing with them

Hope it will! And yeah you're not the only one the worst thing that can go wrong in psychology labs is messing up the stats which I'm very glad about!

I'm not really sure what to say atm, but wanted to offer huge hugs

This sounds positive and promising. I'm glad the trip to Ireland has helped a bit