Kids out of school for Winter break? Yeah, you might wish you had these..

*prod­uct review*

Alright ya’ll, two whole weeks with the chur­ren (chil­dren) home all day brim­ming with their infec­tious enthu­si­asm. but you really one a lit­tle bit of quiet or you have work to do. I love my chil­dren dearly, but they tend to get rather bouncy when I’m try­ing to do work. I wrote a post a while back about free­lance writ­ing with chil­dren because of this very thing. As a kid myself when I imag­ined writ­ing my great novel I was in a large office that was quiet and sur­rounded by walls cov­ered in books. My real­ity is not even close.

When I’m work­ing some­times I have kids run­ning through the house, sit­ting on my lap and demon­strat­ing cart­wheels. One time I had one blow­ing bub­bles directly into my face while I wrote. She said: “Look Mommy” and when I looked back at the screen I had typed, “Look Mommy”. This hap­pens all within the para­me­ters of my small liv­ing room/​classroom/​dining room/​office.

So when I got a chance to try Acu-​life Pro-​fit Earplugs, I was ready. Reason is, I have tried to use earplugs in the past, but I didn’t like the qual­ity of them and I had to replace them all the time. Earplugs hon­estly are the only way at times that I can truly get a quiet envi­ron­ment to write because there is always some­thing going on in this house. Not that I need them all the time, but when I do I’m glad I have them.

In all hon­esty I espe­cially like these. I know you say earplugs..boooring, but these were unique. They are cus­tom molded ones. You com­bine these two soft putty like mate­ri­als, a turquoise one and a white one (my fave col­ors by the way) and form it into a ball and put it inside your ear to form the exact shape of them. They harden after ten min­utes and then you’re good for six months. Acu–life pro­vides a lit­tle pouch marked left and right so that you know which one goes where.

I liked the fact that it wasn’t dead quiet, but it did drown out a lot of the noise. I want it to be quiet but I don’t want it to be so silent that I can’t hear if my chil­dren need my atten­tion. But, I could actu­ally hear my own thoughts. So if you have to use earplugs for work, sleep, or just to cre­ate a quiet envi­ron­ment like I do these are a good invest­ment.

Thanks for read­ing!