Music is my Therapy

Song: When Your Feet Don't Touch the Ground Artist: From, Finding Neverland (the musical ) Welcome to my first "unofficial" but official, 31 on the "31st" theme song! 😅😬 Sadly, I have "aged out" of half the months in the year. I was debating about possibly just posting on the 11th of those said months...to correlate with my birthday post which is an honorary theme song to my new year. We'll see what happens come November.  I haven been absolutely obsessed with this song since I first listened to it a few weeks back. It's so beautiful, in a heartbreaking way; therefore it really speaks to my soul. The song has been going through my mind for days now, I find myself waking up singing it! I relate to this idea of avoiding the pains, difficulties and challenges of reality through escaping to my "imagination." Refer to this post * for a more in-depth explanation of some of my "escapism" tactics. I constantly have music or an

If anyone remembers, I did a couple of posts around this time a year ago, highlighting some of my favorite childhood fairytales and characters. I shared music that related to each story. I've been enjoying going back through each of those posts and listening to the music. A few weeks ago, I finally looked into Finding Neverland (the musical) . I listened to the entire thing while cleaning my room. It was incredible! It gave me all the happy feelings and I found myself flying away to Neverland!! I highly, highly recommend it! I watched the film Finding Neverland last weekend and choked back tears the entire time 😢 I'm in my Peter Pan era at the moment, lol, so I thought I would share some of these magical, sweet songs with anyone who might need the reminder that "all you need is faith and trust...and a little bit of pixie dust" when life is getting too hard to handle 💚🧚✨ I won't share all of them...I think I need to reserve some for my Grateful For Music Chal

SEPTEMBER 21ST!!! This song on this day NEVER gets old!! Everyone go listen to it RIGHT NOW ...it's the LAW!! 😆😉 HAPPY SEPTEMBER 21ST OF 2023!!

Song: Let Me Go Artist: NF I'm not going to get into the details but I had a bad experience tonight that has left me feeling mortified and embarrassed to be me. And it totally sucks that this happened the day after my birthday when I was feeling so good and ready to be DONE with fear and shame. Ugh!! I feel so upset! I KNEW this would happen! I feel like I'm at the bottom again. It's not like I was anywhere near the top but I was trying... now it feels like all I've ever done wasn't enough and I'm back at where I started...where I've always been and seemingly always will be. I just want to disappear. I don't want to be around anyone. I don't want to have friends. I don't want to exist. I just feel like a big, fat, embarrassing, OLD failure.  This song came to my anguished mind as I've been sitting here obsessing over this embarrassingly defeating evening. If I told the full story it would sound like nothing. In fact, it would sound like a

"It's day one of  30  🌻✨ Who am I?" I asked myself that question one year ago today. Who am I? 365 days later...and I still don't know. I didn't do as much "self-discovery" as I would have liked.  But, today is a NEW day. The start of a NEW beginning! It's day one of 31 💖 Who am I? I am a girl who  deeply loves music. Music that stirs her soul. A girl who feels music to her core. I am a girl who still reads fairytales. And believes in magic. Who loves all things nostalgic and whimsical. I am a girl who loves good food. Who desires to become a better chef. Who enjoys seeking out new recipes to try and share with others. I am a girl who loves to get lost in a good book. I am girl who loves any reason to celebrate and gets thrilled for any and every holiday. Who dedicates songs and playlists to the holidays and seasons and tries to immerse herself in each one through the sights, sounds and cheesy activities.  I am a girl who loves animals and childr

It's that time of year again...one week until my birthday. 😳😬😨 *DEEP BREATH* Last year I was hoping "30" would be my real "fresh start." Like, I'd actually start making the very necessary changes I need to make to move forward and be somewhere completely new and fulfilling in life. I got to kick-off my birthday celebrations by seeing TWO of my favorite artists; it felt like the perfect way to start anew. To have a clean slate and fresh start... But, here I am a whole year later and I'm basically "i n the same place, r unning in the same race, same pace " It's disappointing. As usual. There have been some "big changes" since then I suppose: I got a job. I got a new dog. I started practicing my driving again. I ride my bike and take myself to the library and a few stores. It's a pretty pathetic list of little, tiny baby steps but I guess it's something.  I've kicked-off my 31st birthday celebrations a little earli