At the beginning of this year I delete ALL my music. Yes, all of it. I had entire playlists categorized by year dating back to 2016. Then I overplayed each playlist like it was my job. I never listened to anything else, anytime my whole library was on shuffle I would be skipping songs for minutes trying to find the perfect song to fit my mood, & would end up not listening to anything. The irony was, that I didnāt even know what song I was really searching for, or what mood I wanted to fit. I could go with my āI need money but I donāt want to door dash,ā ANNOYED mood. I could go with my āIām ENGAGED and in LOVE!ā mood. I could go with āIāM STILL ACCESSING THE ANGER ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED THREE YEARS AGO,ā mood⦠(Not healthy, but a mood). But in reality I didnāt know which one I wanted because I was simultaneously feeling all of them, & none of them. Always focusing on whatever is in front of me at the moment. Thinking ahead, while trying to not not think about the present, while moving on from the past that I so desperately clung to for years. Either way, Iād probably forget that Iām angry or sad in less than 10 minutes anyway. A side affect of depression⦠so Iāve heard. In all this indecision, my stubbornness about not listening to new music, my ever changing moods, pleasures of life & frustrations. I started feeling trapped in the same music that I listen to for weeks on end. Even listening to albums in full wasnāt enough. So I deleted all of it. Created smaller playlists, added some indie/folk to my library, I finally gathered all the 2002 - 2009 K-love & YES FM hits & put them on a playlist. I still think I was too general when I created ones based off decades. However, deleting all my music, then being super picky about what gets downloaded, & what song goes in which playlists⦠was one of the best decisions I have made this year. Now I just gotta keep creating playlists before I get bored again (š
). Starting over can be a good thing, helps you discover new things. š„° (at Ypsilanti, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMhxDyXsVTi/?igshid=1niohsjn4z28f