Bringing back the radio
Right now I am in my revision period before my Christmas exams and as is appropriate for me every revision period I procrastinate and self loath so nothing is new there. When you're revising you sometimes need social interaction or just something to help soothe your brain. Despite the little work I've done my head feels full to bursting most of the time lately and sometimes you need to just catch up with a friend and talk...or listen.
Whilst at university my friend Jenn was part of a radio show with 2 of her other friends (Ruth and Charly). Together they made The Trilogy Radio show which was recorded and some of the episodes posted online. I remember a year ago sitting in my old bedroom listening to their last ever show and just loving it.
Today during a revision gap (that lasted far longer than the amount of time I worked) I was scrolling through YouTube, my usual procrastination poison, trying to think of someone who I could listen to. I checked off a mental list of the usual creators I go to for revision break blues but for some reason or other none of them were just quite cutting it.
So I hopped on over to facebook, a rarity for me as most will tell you as I don't really use it (again except for when I should revise), and saw a video I had saved of Jenn at her new job again working with radio. Then my brain sparked.
Jenn -> Radio -> Laughter -> Joy -> The Trilogy Show
So my fingers quickly tap tap tapped across my keyboard to find their page and there it was like a beautiful lifeline - their last ever show. I clicked through the link and let the familiar voice of my friend, her friend's and Disney wash over my ears. Then the thought struck... can I find any of the others?
The page they posted to was their universities page and has lots and lots of radio shows from students present and past but with some quick spins of the mouse wheel some of the shows started to appear. What a wonderful brain buzz.
I'm a person who spends far too long pondering about the past but at that time of listening to that last show I can remember how much it made me smile when I felt so low. The place I was holds a lifeline for me of good times gone by. Add all this together with a close friend and well you've got a recipe for some joy.
I've been stuck in a creative slump lately and been fantasising about some past times that I wished I invested more time in yet this feeling of stress from uni (probably because I get in a terrible vicious cycle - my procrastination often stems from being mentally and physically drained) stops me from spending more time on the stuff I NEED to and the stuff I want to.
Nevermind I suppose.
We can't change the past but we sure can dig back up the good bits and enjoy it.
Best wishes to you all.
Thanks for sticking around despite the radio silence.
Sophie x
Whilst at university my friend Jenn was part of a radio show with 2 of her other friends (Ruth and Charly). Together they made The Trilogy Radio show which was recorded and some of the episodes posted online. I remember a year ago sitting in my old bedroom listening to their last ever show and just loving it.
Today during a revision gap (that lasted far longer than the amount of time I worked) I was scrolling through YouTube, my usual procrastination poison, trying to think of someone who I could listen to. I checked off a mental list of the usual creators I go to for revision break blues but for some reason or other none of them were just quite cutting it.
So I hopped on over to facebook, a rarity for me as most will tell you as I don't really use it (again except for when I should revise), and saw a video I had saved of Jenn at her new job again working with radio. Then my brain sparked.
Jenn -> Radio -> Laughter -> Joy -> The Trilogy Show
So my fingers quickly tap tap tapped across my keyboard to find their page and there it was like a beautiful lifeline - their last ever show. I clicked through the link and let the familiar voice of my friend, her friend's and Disney wash over my ears. Then the thought struck... can I find any of the others?
The page they posted to was their universities page and has lots and lots of radio shows from students present and past but with some quick spins of the mouse wheel some of the shows started to appear. What a wonderful brain buzz.
I'm a person who spends far too long pondering about the past but at that time of listening to that last show I can remember how much it made me smile when I felt so low. The place I was holds a lifeline for me of good times gone by. Add all this together with a close friend and well you've got a recipe for some joy.
I've been stuck in a creative slump lately and been fantasising about some past times that I wished I invested more time in yet this feeling of stress from uni (probably because I get in a terrible vicious cycle - my procrastination often stems from being mentally and physically drained) stops me from spending more time on the stuff I NEED to and the stuff I want to.
Nevermind I suppose.
We can't change the past but we sure can dig back up the good bits and enjoy it.
Best wishes to you all.
Thanks for sticking around despite the radio silence.
Sophie x
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