ive been making them for almost three years. basically whenever i find i song i rly like i put it in my playlist for that month - the playlist usually ends up abt 2 hours long. i have a rule tho that if a song has gone in one playlist, it cant go in a monthly playlist again. it forces me to consistently find new music and im sure if i didnt have them i would be stuck listening to the same stuff over and over.
Apr 24, 2024
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I have been making monthly playlists for the past 4 and a half years, I do not skip months. They have been the most consistent tracking of my life over this time. There are a few rules, no full albums can be added and no songs can be repeated from past playlists. They range from 10 to 30 songs. I can tell how I was doing based on the number of songs and how congealed the musical narrative is. At this point they are habit, I make them to listen to during each month but I also make them to look back on. Producing a nostalgia for each month of each year. There are no overarching themes and these playlists decentralize my music taste, the yearly review lacks month to month consistency.
Mar 23, 2024
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i’ve been doing this since 2018 and it’s so cool to see my music taste develop and improve since then, documented month by month! i add songs that i’ve been listening to a lot or songs that were recently released, just whatever i’m in the mood for that month! and i can also kind of revisit times in my life by listening to an old month playlist. also, at the end of the year i compile that year’s monthly playlists into a year playlist, and it’s like a longer and more comprehensive wrapped playlist!
Mar 3, 2024
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sometimes i get into a “playlist-paralysis” where i fixate on making an immaculate playlist where all the songs perfectly fit the exact vibe im thinking of, and because of that i end up not making a playlist at all. which was not awesome.
so instead of freaking out like this, i’ve been making monthly playlists where i put any song i’ve been liking that month. it’s great and if i find future vibe inspiration, i can pull from my own musical shelf.
plus as a bonus, you start to associate the songs from each month to the memories of that month and the people you’ve met and the things you’ve done. pretty cool.
Feb 3, 2025
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trust me, dont stay just bc u think it might get better, listen to ur body <3
Apr 26, 2024
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i do a lot of theatre and my choreographer always labels the moves as something like “take a shit!“ or “fart and smear it around!” she’s the best and we all remember the choreo.
the more absurd it is the more likely you are to remember it so have some fun
Apr 30, 2024
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the department store music playing overhead - extra points if its jazz, warm interactions with other shoppers, befriending the cashiers, finding those treasures you never would have found online, going out for coffee after your shop, feeling so pleased you can support these local businesses because they make your day that much better
Apr 27, 2024