Tip #200: Listen to audiobooks while you ride your bike.

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I’ve been sending a “tip of the week” every Saturday since 2015.  Not counting the Saturdays when I didn’t send one.  Heh.  I am trying to get more consistent.   I don’t know if that last sentence was good English. 

Every now and then, I will scroll through the old “tips” and think… “Oh, that’s a good idea.  I forgot about that.  I should start doing that again.”

The fact that I can’t remember my own tips is probably not a good sign.  

The point is, I hope this tip helps you, but I think I am writing this one for me.  Future me, that is. 

I spend a lot of time on my bike. 

I avoid cars as much as possible.  I avoid driving them, and while biking, I avoid getting hit by them.  Two different skills.

When I am on busy roads, I pray.  I pray for my family.  I pray for guidance.  And, I pray that the drivers are not playing with their phones while they are driving.  

From my vantage point on a bike, I can see that a lot of people are playing on their phones while they are driving.  So, I also pray I don’t get hit. 

As much as possible, I avoid cars by using less frequented streets, trails, and sidewalks and by biking early in the morning, 

When I am on deserted streets, trails, and sidewalks, I listen to audiobooks.   I don’t have anything in my ears, the books just play on my phone.   If there are no cars around, I can hear without earphones/earbuds.  

Okay, here’s the tip.  

You can strap your phone to your handlebars these days.  All you need is a phone mount for your bicycle.  I couldn’t find the exact mount I used, but this one is similar.

So, there you go.  Mount your phone to your handlebars and listen to audiobooks while you ride.   

By the way, the link I posted above (here it is again) is an affiliate link.  If you buy a phone mount from Amazon, I will get a few pennies.  If I get enough pennies, I will likely spend some of them on flashing lights for my bike.  So that I can live another Saturday and send out another tip of the week.  (Just wanted you to know I was using an affiliate link.) 

Summer school
Live classes are officially over for the summer.  However, I am still teaching two courses.  I will continue to do so unless I decide to go biking out west when it gets too hot in Tennessee.   Looks like that will be during the third week of July.     

I am teaching a Latin course.  In this course, we are continuing to work our way through Exercitia Latina by Hans Ørberg.  We are currently in chapter 19.  If you are a member of my site, you are welcome to join us.  We meet every weekday at 8 in the morning, central time zone.

The other course is a Spanish course.  We are reading through the book All Spanish Method by Guillermo Aviles.   We are currently in chapter 17.  If you are a member of my site, you are welcome to join us.  We meet every weekday at 7 in the morning, central time zone.


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