Activities While Listening?

Morlock · Post by **Morlock** » March 1st, 2013, 8:39 pm

I was just wondering what everyone was up to while they listened to audiobooks? Not necessarily proof-listening. I'm wondering how long a list could get for tasks which at some level can be heart-warming and at others so monotonous one needs an audio program of some kind.

I find I can't really clean-as-in-organise during them b/c inevitably this involves stacks of paper one has to visual read, or books to put on the shelf, or stack somewhere... so my list thus far would be:

Washing the dishes
sewing
embroidery
mopping
cleaning the baseboards
cleaning those annoying crevices that require an old toothbrush
playing solitaire

Anything else I could add to this pile?

YouTube · Post by **Darvinia** » March 1st, 2013, 8:48 pm

Only two options for me:
If I'm proof-listening, I'm reading along with the text. If I'm not proof-listening I'm in bed and about to sleep.

Hobbit · Post by **Hobbit** » March 2nd, 2013, 9:30 am

I often work on preparing texts for dramatic readings when I'm PLing things that don't require following along with the text. I also sometimes knit.

fiddlesticks · Post by **fiddlesticks** » March 2nd, 2013, 10:51 am

Knit
Crochet
Make cards
Draw

Clean
do laundry ?
If I am not PLing bake or cook
Play with my little animals
Just relax

Try out dozens of hairstyles
Paint my nails ?
In the summer if it is not PLing weed the garden
Do origami
Play a game on my iPad if it is a short chapter
About twice a year cleaning my saddle

And that is all I can think of right now

Post by **KiltedDragon** » March 2nd, 2013, 2:11 pm

Exercising
Driving

Morlock · Post by **Morlock** » March 2nd, 2013, 4:31 pm

Good stuff! I forgot about putting away the laundry and such! That's something I need to do today.

fiddlesticks · Post by **fiddlesticks** » March 2nd, 2013, 5:08 pm

Morlock wrote:Good stuff! I forgot about putting away the laundry and such! That's something I need to do today.

Same here I have a basket of laundry sitting at my feet needing to get folded

Post by **TriciaG** » March 2nd, 2013, 5:18 pm

I cannot do anything verbal while listening. I may THINK I'm hearing the audio, but when I go back, I realize I hadn't heard it at all. So I cannot PL while doing anything like making scripts or surfing the Web.

I sometimes play games on my computer while PL'ing, but that's as far as I can go with that.

Other things I do while listening:
- Cooking
- Cleaning (especially in the kitchen; less so when moving from room to room)
- Walking
- Driving

I will PL while cooking or walking; if I hear an error, I have to rush over to the computer, back up the recording, and listen to it again, noting the error this time.

While walking I'll memorize the time. If there are too many errors, that doesn't work. I COULD bring a piece of paper and small pencil, I suppose...

YouTube · Post by **Darvinia** » March 2nd, 2013, 5:23 pm

TriciaG wrote:I COULD bring a piece of paper and small pencil, I suppose...

or an iThingy.

(failing that, I do voice memoes on my cell phone when I'm out and need to remember something)

Post by **TriciaG** » March 2nd, 2013, 5:23 pm

I've got a dumbphone. No voice memos or iThingys here!

CalmDragon · Post by **CalmDragon** » March 13th, 2013, 3:27 pm

sunbathing
bicycling
napping...