Divorce
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Agree with every word
We try to drink every other night now, this has helped halve our consumption. Or I vary it with cloudy cider instead of beer sometimes, this is a good trick for weekends.
I wish I had moved to Berlin in my 20s.
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Lots to respond to here as it’s really hit a nerve (in a good way, if possible).
First, the falling out of love with music happens fairly regularly for me. It usually coincides with a lot of work or home or both pressures that mean that my mental capacity cup overflows and something has to give. When it comes back though it’s usually fantastic as that respark really ignites and the journey starts again.
Secondly, the number one form of tension in my household is when a package comes through the door. I tend to buy a record or two from a seller or store but I buy 15-20 records a month so it comes in 8-10 packages and looks like much, much more. Financially we are very solid but my wife really doesn’t understand when I have so many records that I need more, and to be honest she has a point. I have more unopened records than I’d honestly care to admit, and it’s becoming a bit like collecting books and never reading them. We’ve had a few “it’s the records or me” conversations and with three kids and an increasingly time-consuming job it really is at the point where I need to decide if I keep them or not.
Lastly, as far as mental health and alcohol goes they really are terrible bedfellows. I’ve cut it out entirely but I also think it’s about knowing your limits. One drink turns into six very quickly for me but I have friends who have cut down to 1 or 2 here and there and it works for them. I’ve thing that has been incredible for me over the last year or two has been therapy. Just having the chance to talk through things with someone who honestly has no skin in the game has been a game changer. I highly recommend it. I also recommend having truly honest chats with your friends.
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I’ve been a music fanatic off and on for near 55 years. Let me assure you that there are times when it doesn’t really"work" for one reason or another, but they pass. “Oooh, I’ve to hear that again!” will come again. Anyway, there’s lots to listen to besides music. Birds are a favourite, but I find myself listening to the traffic, the heat pump, the wind, whatever — even the wife. Sounds like you’re paying attention to the world in all its various glories, which is essentially the point of life. Good going even if it’s not all pleasant.
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My rewatch of Sopranos took 18 months.
I sometimes go weeks without actively sitting and listening to stuff, and then spend nights sifting though B sides and dreaming up that next mix I never do.
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Hard to put down in words and I salute you. This forum is a nice space, I think it’s worthy of the contributors x
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Reminds me of a quote in a Surf mag a few years ago…
‘My biggest fear of dying is that my wife will sell my Surfboards for what I told her I paid for them.’
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Rare moodyman edit lp
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