Music is a big part of me. It’s the one thing I’d struggle to live without. I can’t play any instruments competently – didn’t have the attention span!
I love to sing, but that’s definitely best done alone, with no human ears around that I could make bleed with my voice, ha. Some who know me also know how lyrical I can be with my music. Right now, I’m just sitting here, listening to a playlist my phone tells me is my favorite songs from the past ten years.
I honestly wish technology would stop reminding me how flipping old I’m getting all the time! Time flies when you’re having fun… or not… it just flies!
Life for me has been no different from most people’s over the past ten years – just completely fecking all over the place. Does the universe have a grudge against me? We all know what I’m talking about; we’ve all been (or are) there somewhere along this path of survival. And that’s what makes this playlist rather thought-provoking (and somewhat entertaining).
I can really see the progression in the music. The ups and downs. All of it. And yet, it also makes me realize sometimes when we are so into our music we occasionally come across other humans who end up perceiving some situations completely wrong…. What am I talking about, you ask?
This has mostly happened with people who don’t like to ‘talk’ about anything ‘deep’ – and this has come up with both women and men. Now, I’m not saying this approach is right or wrong, but I am saying that when people avoid ‘talking,’ active listening seems to go right out the window. That’s just my personal opinion, of course, haha.
Take a song like Shawn Mendes’ “Treat You Better.” I could be listening to that, thinking about the person I was with, reflecting on our situation. But they’d somehow think I was listening to it and thinking of someone else entirely! And not just that one, multiple love songs – always taken the wrong way.
Some songs I’ve related to one thing, and it’s made someone else take me completely the wrong way! It makes you wonder, isn’t music a wonderfully beautiful and powerful thing?
Disclaimer: These are just my personal thoughts and experiences. I am not a professional and I am not giving advice. Please seek professional advice if you feel you need support.
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