Resetting My Nervous System, One Hour At A Time

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been taking the opportunity I have right now to software-test my nervous system. In particular, I’ve been examining the ways to pull myself back toward focus; whether due to the ADHD or the overstimulation, I need effective tools to start getting my brain back and nervous system back to where I want it to be, rather than where it ends up on its own. One of the more effective tools is the playlist. This, in itself, is not a new realization. It’s a tried and true tool, and one that is easily accessible everywhere. It can be recreated on YouTube or Spotify, or I can actually support the artists and purchase the music and use it with my selfhosted streaming and whole-house audio. The music tracks on these playlists varies in genre, but they have a couple of key qualities that are the same: they are instrumental (or do not have English lyrics), they are loopy, they build complexity through layering those loops, get near chaos, and then bring it back to a…