Tangled wires can be a factor of shortened life for your dainty little headphones. It can weaken and fray them. Winding them around your iPod is not recommended for the same reason.
A lot of brands don’t seem to give you any type of case with your earbuds. Which for me, means that they sadly end up as a wired wad seasoned with loose tobacco and gum wrappers at the bottom of my bag more often than not.
Luckily, my crafty, frugal brain lead me to a free and simple way to prevent this from happening, ever again! I just grabbed an old cassette tape, wound them in, and THEN tossed it into my cruddy bag.

Fancy that.

post and photo by Chloe