@Edent what's so bad about <div> ... or: Why do you want to avoid them?

[masek@infosec.exchange]

@Edent My hands do nothing as I use audiobooks to fall asleep. No joke: that method has a 99% success rate. I just lie there trying go listen someone reading some book and, poof, I am sleeping.

[edent@mastodon.social]

@tanghus no. I'm flying West so need to stay awake.

[m0rpk@mastodon.radio]

@Edent Not mentioned yet but might work on a plane: one of those mindfulness colouring-in or drawing books? See if there's a WHSmiths equivalent in the departure lounge?

[edent@mastodon.social]

@neil I'll see if the cabin crew will let me break out my dustbuster 😁

[milgrim@mas.to]

@Edent driving, walking, cooking and other 'automatic' processes. I also use familiar books to get to sleep - a habit I started when stressed due to a shit boss.

[regez@troet.cafe]

@Edent
Folding origami or try to repair the defective wired headphones with aluminum chewing gum wrappers (like MacGyver)
* Yes, I was bored on a transatlantic flight once 😅...

[guy@mastodon.scot]

@Edent
#Knitting

[duncan_blues@norden.social]

@Edent interesting problem 🤔
Fidget tools? Rubic's cube?

[falken@qoto.org]

@Edent stare out window

[zeitverschreib@freundica.de]

@Edent I usually listen to audiobooks in the office, while doing repetitive and/or booooooring work.

Or in the car, but only when I'm driving on routes that I already know. So not in "new" cities.

[simon@social.sgawolf.com]

@Edent @neil I listen to them in the car so maybe also ask if you can have a go at flying the plane.

[conor@mastodon.ie]

@Edent I have the exact same problem. Probably not practical for a flight, but I do simple tasks: listen in the car, while building Lego, doing a jigsaw/diamond art.

Perhaps in your case a small puzzle might help? Rubik's Cube, sudoku, mini Etch-a-Sketch?

[conor@mastodon.ie]

@annehargreaves @Edent Good idea! Or a colouring book!

[dudalias@social.linux.pizza]

@Edent If the book is important, listening to the audio while reading the printed version will increase the attention, understanding, recollection. If not, walking on my commute to work is the time for audiobooks/podcasts. And never while driving.

[cpswan@hachyderm.io]

@Edent when I listen to audio books on flights it's usually with the intent of drifting off to sleep (whilst heading East). Tony Benn's diaries are particularly soothing.

Much as I like them when walking or driving they're not part of the Westward flying repertoire.

[marxjohnson@indieweb.social]

@Edent When I was young I always used to play with Lego. For a while as an adult I played Minecraft. Now when I listen I'm either going to sleep, cooking, or washing up so I dont need another activity.

[jameshowell@fediscience.org]

@dudalias @Edent The killer app for audiobooks are Joyce's Ulysses, Moby-Dick, the monoliths. Listen while reading, emphasis on doing reading. You're still reading!

[fiepfiepfiep@nrw.social]

@Edent Embroidery 🙂

[fitz_carraldo@hessen.social]

@Edent i put on the random „Airshow“ maps and stats rotation on the entertainment screen

[vaui@mastodon.berlin]

@Edent
I don't listen to audiobooks, but sometimes I am in conference calls, where I have to listen carefully, while not speaking or presenting anything.

There I do some diamonds block creations, mostly architecture like this one:

This is not too complicated and allows me to not drifting away from the call.