NO MUSIC UNTIL GCSES - Experiment/Blog
Hey guys,
Welcome to my blog!
I want to try an experiment where I don't listen to music and see the effects it has on my academic performance on tests and exams.
The reason why I am trying this is because of my October and February mocks. They didn't go badly, however I made mistakes that could have EASILY been avoided and have boosted up my grade. For example, in my October Literature paper, I didn't read the first question in Literature properly so I wrote my essay answering a completely different question, and what bugs me the most is that I got a 7 due to that, but when I rewrote the essay answering the question properly, my teacher said she saw high Grade 8 and potentially Grade 9 potential. Similarly, in my English Language Q5 mock I read the question, but completely forgot about about the first half of the question and ended up writing my essay not fully answering the question. My silliest mistake was during my Further Math mock, where I knew how to answer the question, but whilst using the cosine rule, I used sin instead of cos; unfortunately this mistake didn't clock when I rechecked my paper 3 times, but only as I stepped out of the exam hall. These mistakes aren't knowledge gaps, but simply lapses in concentration, and I want to try and eradicate this.
Although I know music probably isn't the sole factor, I believe it could contribute to my lack of focus, because if I'm being completely honest, I do have a bit of a music addiction. As soon as I wake up, I will grab my earbuds and blast music at full volume. There's not a single time when I'm at home when I'm not listening to music. In fact, every week on Airbuds, my weekly listening time on Spotify ranges between 1500 to 2200 minutes - and that doesn't even include other streaming platforms like Youtube. This is an incredibly dangerous amount of music, and I feel as if it has impacted just more than my education.
For example, I feel like listening to so much music has made me lose my feeling of presence and connectedness with the outside world. Whenever I am taking a break from studying, the first thing I do is listen to music. However, when I listen to music, I get carried away and start daydreaming to the point where not only I end up wasting my study time, but lose time that I could've spent with my family, or learning something new. Sometimes I get so immersed into the music that when I'm listening to music I drown out everything around me, it heavily controls me, exaggerates my emotions and in a way makes me crave music when I'm not listening to it. I feel like this method of listening to music not only will make me lose my hearing by the age of 20, make me lose a sense of control over my feelings, but also it just feels like I'm disrespecting the art of music - such beautiful pieces should be admired and not overplayed to the point where it's sickening to my ears.
Hence, I want to try to avoid listening to music of my volitions to help me become more sharper of my surroundings and improve my concentration. Atomic Habbits, a book I absolutely love, gave an example how it's little 1% changes to your life, that often go unnoticeable that make the results more impactful. Reducing the amount of music I listen to is my 1% change. And hopefully, I will find new hobbies to do during my breaks, instead of relying on music - like even watching videos instead on Youtube would not overstimulate me as much as music does, and help me stay more focused on longer videos.
How I'm going to do this challenge:
I am only starting out this challenge to try and test it out for at least a month. If I see improvements I will continue.
I'm allowed to listen to Lofi or real-time background noises on Study With Me videos whilst I'm studying (to avoid going mad in constant complete silence.)
I will hopefully update you guys regularly, but please send me reminders if I don't. I'm posting this challenge as a blog because if I know I have an audience then it will force me to stay committed.
I have deleted Spotify on my phone and my laptop to help prevent me from clicking on the streaming apps.
Also, should there be a break day when I'm allowed to listen to up to 3 songs - I feel like this could help me appreciate the music more, but I'm scared of getting carried away.
Let me know if you guys find this challenge interesting and I will update you on my progress!
Welcome to my blog!
I want to try an experiment where I don't listen to music and see the effects it has on my academic performance on tests and exams.
The reason why I am trying this is because of my October and February mocks. They didn't go badly, however I made mistakes that could have EASILY been avoided and have boosted up my grade. For example, in my October Literature paper, I didn't read the first question in Literature properly so I wrote my essay answering a completely different question, and what bugs me the most is that I got a 7 due to that, but when I rewrote the essay answering the question properly, my teacher said she saw high Grade 8 and potentially Grade 9 potential. Similarly, in my English Language Q5 mock I read the question, but completely forgot about about the first half of the question and ended up writing my essay not fully answering the question. My silliest mistake was during my Further Math mock, where I knew how to answer the question, but whilst using the cosine rule, I used sin instead of cos; unfortunately this mistake didn't clock when I rechecked my paper 3 times, but only as I stepped out of the exam hall. These mistakes aren't knowledge gaps, but simply lapses in concentration, and I want to try and eradicate this.
Although I know music probably isn't the sole factor, I believe it could contribute to my lack of focus, because if I'm being completely honest, I do have a bit of a music addiction. As soon as I wake up, I will grab my earbuds and blast music at full volume. There's not a single time when I'm at home when I'm not listening to music. In fact, every week on Airbuds, my weekly listening time on Spotify ranges between 1500 to 2200 minutes - and that doesn't even include other streaming platforms like Youtube. This is an incredibly dangerous amount of music, and I feel as if it has impacted just more than my education.
For example, I feel like listening to so much music has made me lose my feeling of presence and connectedness with the outside world. Whenever I am taking a break from studying, the first thing I do is listen to music. However, when I listen to music, I get carried away and start daydreaming to the point where not only I end up wasting my study time, but lose time that I could've spent with my family, or learning something new. Sometimes I get so immersed into the music that when I'm listening to music I drown out everything around me, it heavily controls me, exaggerates my emotions and in a way makes me crave music when I'm not listening to it. I feel like this method of listening to music not only will make me lose my hearing by the age of 20, make me lose a sense of control over my feelings, but also it just feels like I'm disrespecting the art of music - such beautiful pieces should be admired and not overplayed to the point where it's sickening to my ears.
Hence, I want to try to avoid listening to music of my volitions to help me become more sharper of my surroundings and improve my concentration. Atomic Habbits, a book I absolutely love, gave an example how it's little 1% changes to your life, that often go unnoticeable that make the results more impactful. Reducing the amount of music I listen to is my 1% change. And hopefully, I will find new hobbies to do during my breaks, instead of relying on music - like even watching videos instead on Youtube would not overstimulate me as much as music does, and help me stay more focused on longer videos.
How I'm going to do this challenge:
I am only starting out this challenge to try and test it out for at least a month. If I see improvements I will continue.
I'm allowed to listen to Lofi or real-time background noises on Study With Me videos whilst I'm studying (to avoid going mad in constant complete silence.)
I will hopefully update you guys regularly, but please send me reminders if I don't. I'm posting this challenge as a blog because if I know I have an audience then it will force me to stay committed.
I have deleted Spotify on my phone and my laptop to help prevent me from clicking on the streaming apps.
Also, should there be a break day when I'm allowed to listen to up to 3 songs - I feel like this could help me appreciate the music more, but I'm scared of getting carried away.
Let me know if you guys find this challenge interesting and I will update you on my progress!
Reply 1
Its is actually really interesting seeing a music detox from a different perspective, I’m currently doing a music detox as-well but for religious purposes, secular music is something I feel has been affecting my relationship with God. It’s not a complete detox as I still listen to worship music but it’s definitely made so much difference in my life even though I’ve only done it for 1 month (February). The negativity and negative affirmations in the music I used listen to was baffling and impacted me in a way I couldn’t understand, what I believe God wants for me is not to cut music out completely but to find music thats positive and has a good perspective. I hope you do well in your GCSE’s, it’s lovely to see people like you take steps to improve their lives!
Original post by Impeccable
Its is actually really interesting seeing a music detox from a different perspective, I’m currently doing a music detox as-well but for religious purposes, secular music is something I feel has been affecting my relationship with God. It’s not a complete detox as I still listen to worship music but it’s definitely made so much difference in my life even though I’ve only done it for 1 month (February). The negativity and negative affirmations in the music I used listen to was baffling and impacted me in a way I couldn’t understand, what I believe God wants for me is not to cut music out completely but to find music thats positive and has a good perspective. I hope you do well in your GCSE’s, it’s lovely to see people like you take steps to improve their lives!
Thank you so much for your kind wishes! I'm so glad you found that music detox helps with your relationship with God, considering it's something that I've been trying to work on as well.
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