Hey guys, welcome back! It has been a rather busy week here and all of it was medically related. However, it is now the weekend and I get a break from it for a bit. Through it all though, my mind has been kind of wandering.

The testing I had done this week kind of threw off my already rather strange sleep schedule. Which frankly, has my mind drifting around. I mean, if I’m going to be awake, I’d like to be writing, delving more into the book that I’ve been reading or designing more things for my shops. Instead, I’ve been completely zoned out. With that ‘zoning’ though? Has come thoughts of music that I haven’t listened to in a long time.

While my favorite bands are Rush, Collective Soul and Foo Fighters, (yes, I’m a chick who likes Rush. We are a rare breed.) I also love songs from the 90’s thru about 2020 or so. Don’t get me wrong, I grew up with 80’s one hit wonders and am one to have a memory reserve for their lyrics, but the 90’s had a vibe all their own. Chris Cornell for the win, amiright?

Anyway, I’ve been revisiting some old playlists lately and one thing I forgot about was that the 1990’s were an INCREDIBLE era for women in music. I mean, come on, it was the decade of Lilith Fair after all!

I can still remember where I was when I was listening to Joan Osborne, Meredith Brooks, Sheryl Crow and Melissa Ethridge (the latter two I sang at karaoke). I remember being in my friend’s car as she introduced me to the Indigo Girls while we were on a work adventure. Janet Jackson showing what she could do without her family, that she had grown up and having us all trying like hell to mimic her dance moves. So many talented voices that brought back messages reminiscent of the 60’s both with folksy tunes as well as their own power ballads.

Music is escapism at its finest.

If I hear Oasis’ Wonderwall? I’m back at the Irish pub I hung out in with the soccer team drinking baby Guinness shots in celebration of another win. (For the record, I wasn’t a player, just hung out with the team.) Jumping ahead to 2007, put on some Rhianna Pon de Replay and I’m working my ass off at the gym. 2016 having my work playlist that included some Nine Inch Nails and my beloved Collective Soul that I listened to every single day while I wrote blog posts for my company after lunch.

Songs, lyrics, instrumentals…they are instantaneous memories that will make you forget where you currently are and take you to a time in your life that meant something to you.

It really is an amazing thing isn’t it? I can’t think of another, what, medium(?) that can do that. That can take your mind on a ride and make you relive a part of your history that maybe you forgot about. Even if it was something as simple as just listening to a cd in a living room by yourself, not all memories have to be monumental after all.

Before this last week or two, I hadn’t been listening to music like I used to. Music was a constant in my life and one that I’ve neglected for quite some time now. It’s been fun listening to old playlists and reliving those memories. The good ones of course, don’t need to relive any bad ones. It’s a great way to turn a day or night around. Bad day? Dance it out! Good day? Keep it going with a favorite album.

This is nothing you don’t already know and I understand that. It’s just, when you forget about something you used to love and find it again? You want to share it. And maybe in the process, remind someone else out there that there is a way to turn things around. Even if it is just a mood. Because that could be a way to get things started, to motivate the next chapter to come. And if not, I refer you to the previous paragraph and dance it out!

And that is where I will leave you for today. Thanks for reading and hope you’ll put your own favorite playlist on soon!

Until next time…cheers!!

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