Day 69: Silence

As I said before, I usually hate silence. It's awkward and when I'm in silent situations, I just pray that the other person will say something.

But there's nothing better than the silence that occurs after the Nickelback CD is finished playing. Of course, right after that, I have to loop it back to the beginning again. But for those few seconds, it's incredible.

Today I went super crazy with the Nickelback. I rode my bike to and from class and listened to my iPod during that, and then I worked out for around an hour and listened to my iPod all through that, too. Plus, I was in my car for awhile running errands. So today was definitely a day when I could appreciate that silence.

I was riding my bike back home from school, and I got into my parking lot, and the last song of the CD had just finished up. All I could hear were chirping birds and my bike spokes turning around. It was so relaxing. I was actually tempted to go for a longer ride, without the music, just to chill out. But I didn't.

If this project is teaching me anything, maybe it's that silence isn't really that bad sometimes. Maybe I should stop talking, or listening to whatever it is I'm listening to, and just enjoy those chirping birds.