Just for me

Every few weeks I set aside a chunk of my time to do nothing but discover and download new music.

This ritual has become so important to me it’s a little pathetic. I go from music site to music site, clicking and listening and getting more and more excited with every little treasure I find. I get giddy making new mixes.

I try to listen to a WIDE variety of things and it’s like I get to experience the world through each and every different song and style.

So after every little while I need to rejuvenate my collection and go on the hunt for new perspectives and inspiration.

I'm not a musician. I can't play any instruments and I can't carry a tune for the LIFE of me.

But I’m a huge fan of music and it resonates deep inside me. I know, I know… I couldn’t be more of a cliché if I tried.

Not to mention, I feel like a total phony or ‘poser’ when I say something like that. Everyone is affected by music on some level – it’s primal corner stone of being human – but I often downplay my enjoyment because of the fact that I can’t play music and I’ve seen very little played live. I guess I feel like I haven’t really earned my right to an opinion.

But you know what??? Screw that!!! You know why?? Because of none of those things diminish the pleasure I get from it and I shouldn’t be quiet about the things I love. Music is an integral part of my life and not addressing that feels like I’m lying to myself and to those around me.  

Like I said, I can't play - but I can appreciate. So I think that's why I cling so tightly to these days. Where I do nothing but submerse myself into something I love.

Technically, I'm not creating anything. But the process does feel very creative. It feels like an expression of some sort.

A collaboration of musical talent that I get to arrange.

My own lineup of musicians that becomes the soundtrack to my days.

So, what have you done today for yourself - Just to ENJOY?

What do you like to do that serves no purpose other than to make you feel good?? What do you feel like you don’t have a ‘right’ to opinion on but still feel passionately about regardless??

Because if you ask me, no one earns the right to feel passionate about something. They just DO

And those things matter a whole hell of a lot.