Most people find a place for audiobooks
in their lives when they're faced with the soul-crushing reality of the daily commute. However, even if you're not cooped up in your
vehicle for an hour or more every day it's still very easy to get
into audiobooks and see if it's something you like.
In the beginning of my affair with
audiobooks I used to have a long commute so it was very nice that I
could listen for long uninterrupted stretches of time. Nowadays
however my commute is much shorter and since I have fallen in love
with the audio format I found a few other ways I could get some
audiobook time in during my day. I don't mind waiting in line at the
store anymore – I just pop out my phone and there's an awesome book
sounding in my ears. Those minutes pile up surprisingly quickly and
before I know it I've read a whole book while doing other stuff that
had to be done anyway. So, I decided to come up with a list that can
help people improve their mood while doing the usual daily chores.
Here's my favorite ways to listen to audiobooks - even if I'm not
commuting:
- exercising
- making dinner
- doing dishes
- folding laundry
- baking cookies or anything really
- cleaning my house
- taking a shower/getting ready in the morning
- shopping for groceries
- filling up my car
- cleaning my yard
- shoveling snow
- gardening
- walking in the park/street
- watching the kids at the playground
- grooming the dog
- playing with my cat
- riding the bus
- walking to class/work
- going for Sunday afternoon drives
- crafting
- clipping coupons
- waiting for a meeting to begin
- eating lunch at work
- driving to and from places in town
- doing data entry work
- waiting for a friend to show up
- waiting at the dentist’s office
- standing in line at the post office
- picking up coffee at the drive through
- sitting by a fire & roasting marshmallows
- looking around a museum
- window shopping downtown
- trying on clothes
- getting a massage
- traveling
- creating a painting
- fishing
- wrapping gifts
- browsing Pinterest
- taking cool pictures for Instagram
I’d love to hear what you guys like
to do while listening to audiobooks. What would you like to try from
this list? Did I miss anything?
