Over the years, I have learnt to gain comfort and peace of mind through music, music has always been there for me in times of depression, weakness, heartbreak and betrayals. Whenever am at a point in which I cannot calm down and make a reasonable decision, listening to songs has been the reason why I will always calm down and get myself together.
Music has affected so many aspects of my life that I tend to think, what else can replace music? I know I have some hobbies that interests me so much but then music is a top notch. Music works like magic for me, the way it gladdens my heart when I am sad and the way the lyrics of some songs are so encouraging, one will easily get attached to some songs.
There are few things that I think can replace music, and these are things I also enjoy and love doing because they help me in terms of self development and critical thinking.
Firstly, I read books in replacement for music, I love reading so much, so I do engage my self in them alot. The information and mysterious unraveled in books has got me Wondering most times, I am a lover of knowledge so I think reading books has always been of a great help to me. Being able to read enough books has opened me to wide range of knowledge and in this present generation, only a person who reads can go far and make a difference, only a person who reads can impact lives differently, only a person who reads can create solutions to problems. So I have learnt to harness the potentials embedded in reading books and it has really helped me alot.
Secondly, this one is so interesting to me, I love watching movies, and talking about movies not any kind of movies, I specially build interest in watching of anime. Yes you heard me right, I do enjoy watching of anime, someone would say what is interesting about anime, but I tell you the truth, there is enough about anime that people don't know. When I say anime I don't mean cartoons, there's a big difference between anime and cartoons. Anime has a way of making you think outside the box, it's not like other movies you can watch and predict the ending after watching few episodes. Anime will break your ego, the suspense in anime is something else, you cannot just figure out what would happen next and their plot twist is really great, the storyline is also very interesting.
One of the best anime I have watched so far is ATTACK ON TITAN (AOT), it's the first one I started with and it has been a great experience. There's a way you'll have to pause the anime and analyze everything if not you can't understand what's really happening, you must have understood every episode so well if not I tell you the truth, you will be lost. As an anime fan, I can testify that it is really interesting.
These are the few things that can serve as a replacement for music to me.
