My child was quiet. From my perspective on the top bunk, I saw the headphones and assumed they were plugged into an iPad. I asked, “What are you watching?”
Raising a portable CD player we bought years ago at a yard sale for 25 cents, they answered, “I’m just listening to music.”
How cool is that?
I should try that. The pure act of just listening to music.
No doing the dishes. No putting laundry away. No planning or thinking. Just sitting, being present, and listening. Nothing else.