I often find myself reading something on the bus or subway, but then not understand anything I read. This seems to be because of the constant noises. Not even instrumental music helps, as that distracts me as well and also does not always match the theme of the book.
The best working one in noisy places seems to be white noise, with complete silence being the best overall. How do yall handle such situations?
I don’t really need silence to read, but I much prefer it.
Getting really good noise cancelling headphones was one of my best qol improvement in the last years. I often wear them without even listing to anything.