Something that surprises most people about me is I don't listen to podcasts much when I'm not working on them. A few years ago when I was going through podcasting burnout, I gave my ears a break and got back into music after years of drowning myself in everything-podcasts-and-podcasting.
Music has been one of the easiest ways for me to boost my dopamine while also giving my ears a break during weeks of heavy editing now.
I recently reviewed the Loop Engage Plus Earplugs and love them as my everyday, go-to earplugs.
I wasn’t sure if I really needed the Loop Experience Plus (Loop official website / Amazon) since the earplugs I had before trying Loop were already great for concerts. But I decided to try them anyway and I’m glad I did!
For the last few weeks, I’ve been trying out Loop earplugs. After seeing repeated ads for them and some of my favorite ADHD influencers raving about them, I decided to give them a try.
I had been using earplugs for years to protect my hearing at concerts and I found they worked great to help me focus, as well as keep from getting to overwhelmed with excess sounds. Sometimes I find with my ADHD that noises that might not bother some people bother me a lot — like mouth smacks or tongue clucks. Actually, a lot of the mouth noises I take out as a podcast editor are based on my own personal preferences for what distracts me the most — mouth clicks, loud plosives (popping P’s and B’s), humming and whirring in the background, to name a few.