Using an MP3 player in my experience

So about 3 months ago, I stopped paying for Spotify and switch all of my music over to an mp3 player. Its been a great experience so far and if you're thinking about doing it to save yourself a little bit of money/aesthetic reasons, I think its 100% worth it.

The one I'm using is this, my mom got it for me as a gift, but its only 20 dollars. Theres probably cuter ones you can get but I was just looking to save a little bit of money each month. It has Bluetooth, an aux in, comes with headphones (though they died out on me by week 1), an audiobook feature that I've yet to use, and a 32gb sims card. The Sims card stopped reading on my laptop after a while for no reason so I switch it out with a 64gb card. That can hold approx 2k songs at a time, which is more songs than I have on Spotify right now! The only real complaint I have about the mp3 itself is the battery is kinda dogshit. Im bad at remembering to charge it, so its usually charging as it plays in my car lol. 

Another thing I've noticed is it helps keep me off my phone a little. I don't hear my notifications as im trying focus on another task while listening to music. I can do my task uninterrupted and not think about answering a text right away. Its not a complete fix to my awful screen time obviously, but it helps! Its also easier for me to set up in my car. My car is old, so I dont have car play or even Bluetooth, so its just easier to use an aux than mess with getting a Bluetooth thing for my radio. 

If your wondering how to convert your library to mp3 files, I personally use this site to transfer my Spotify playlists. It took a few weeks to get ALLL of my music on there, but its an easy process. Just a little tedious. If you're trying to get something from YouTube instead, try this. NEITHER of these website have given me issues malware wise either! As long as you know to not click on pop ups, you shouldn't have a problem!

Have yall started using mp3s more? Or is this just me being cheap lmao.