I create playlists for each niche thing I do. Frollicking in the grass near my house? Playlist. Rainy day where I want to go outside but can't get out of bed? Playlist. Watching Top Ten Thousand cheese while in the shower? Playlist. Thinking about my girlfriend? Mixtape!
Just make playlists for each niche thing you do... unless you're the type of person to only have one playlist with a million songs.
Inside everyone there are playlists waiting to escape…Collecting songs that connect to a vibe or feeling near to your heart is so fun. I’ve made some pretty good ones over the years including the very successful 90s romcom spring nyc (for when you want to pretend you’re in somewhere between a Nora Ephron movie and 13 Going on 30), summer camp (for 70s-90s running around barefoot by a lake vibes), limited too store playlist (for the girlies, obviously), and country bops (my favorite country songs from growing up in Texas). Express yourself with some sonic fusion!!
for different moods, new friends who you sense have complementary taste in music to your own, for different seasons, for recent discovery, to grieve, to celebrate, to create! years later I can scroll my playlists and see where I was at, and they’re also personal time capsules in that way.
Pick up a book, find one you’re more interested in. Put the former back on its shelf. Do this for an hour. Now you want to write a book. After you read the one that has won your heart today. great afternoon at the bookstore.
