The magic of Podcasts and Audio Books

For the past few weeks, I've been listening to more and more Podcasts, and honestly their amazing, how it's so easy to get lost in the stories people tell, taking you out of your head, out of your own world for a brief moment, and into another one. Without realizing it, by listening to podcasts and audiobooks, it helps you picture and imagine what all is going on, and the best part, you can sit and relax while you're listening to them, or you can be walking around your house, doing the chores, doing work, or just going out for a brief walk. I'm probably going to look into audiobooks again VERY soon, because as much as I love the podcasts thriller shows I've found, they are way too short. Basically, if I really wanted to, I found basically listen to, and finish one whole season of a show, in a few hours, were as, with audiobooks, you can listen to one for much longer. 

I also enjoy listening to Podcasts of people who dissect and analyze some of my favorite anime shows and videogames, it's so much fun hearing other people's opinions about all of it, and it helps hearing other people's perspectives on what I used to watch as well. It helps clear my mind and stops my mind from overthinking about too many things, calms me down, and actually gets me back into a better mood, and I'm starting to enjoy Podcasts way more than regular TV shows and movies, before I knew about Podcasts and audiobooks, I would just listen to music nonstop, over and over again, but with this, I can actually expand my mind and learn much more, and faster too. I also love how, you can just listen, and not have to worry about watching the screen, it's a way better experience in some ways, something that I would never have thought, that I myself would have said a year ago. 

If I would have known about all these books and shows I could listen to, I would have done this way back in high school, it would have helped me out greatly, since I have dyslexia. Now I can just listen, without having to worry about concentrating on reading the words, or looking at the screen the whole time, in order to see what's going on. In some ways, it makes learning, and entertainment way easier for me, and I'm sure, with other people who have dyslexia too, it would be great help, perhaps even a lifeline in some ways. Hopefully, teacher's actually push all of this for students who have trouble with reading and spelling, it would help them learn a lot faster, because it's less that they have to concentrate on themselves. 

It's just my opinion, but if something works for you, do it, as long as you're learning, then that's all that really matters in the end. I'm probably going to continue listening to audiobooks and podcasts from now on, as my main source of entertainment, and learning, I honestly feel like, I learn ten times faster this way, versus when I'm reading a textbook, or watching a video. Yes, I love watching YouTube videos, but sometimes, I can just feel it, like mentally I'm using 50% of my concentration on watching what's going on, instead of just listening. I would tell anyone who has Dyslexia, try out audiobooks and Podcasts, whether it's on YouTube, Spotify, Apple store, or whatever else you use, it could literally change your life and how you view learning and being entertained.