So the moment I leave my door until I reach my destination's door, I have my isolated Bose headphones on. Even if I'm not listening to anything, I keep them turned on and covering my ears. The other day I took them off and was alarmed by this loud sound of a car approaching just before I started to cross the street. I look over and it's a good 200m away.
Cars are ridiculously loud and few of us really recognize how loud they are.
I started nearly permanently wearing them because I read some articles about the effect of ambient noise on hearing over long-term. But since then I've also noticed how noisy and disturbing cities are in general. It's so damn peaceful and calm when I have the headphones on and I could never do without them anymore.
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So the moment I leave my door until I reach my destination's door, I have my isolated Bose headphones on. Even if I'm not listening to anything, I keep them turned on and covering my ears. The other day I took them off and was alarmed by this loud sound of a car approaching just before I started to cross the street. I look over and it's a good 200m away.
Cars are ridiculously loud and few of us really recognize how loud they are.
I started nearly permanently wearing them because I read some articles about the effect of ambient noise on hearing over long-term. But since then I've also noticed how noisy and disturbing cities are in general. It's so damn peaceful and calm when I have the headphones on and I could never do without them anymore.