What's On Your Playlist?

I am a car dancer. Anytime I have to take a drive (especially a long one), I bring my iPod and crank up tunes that make me dance at the wheel (...my tune of choice on my way to register for classes today was "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons..played it four times between here and High Point). This has garnered some really strange looks over the years, but that's okay. I got over being self-conscious about getting my car boogie on a long time ago (...I see plenty of you belting out your own tunes and dancin' along from behind the wheel, so don't judge me!). One of my favorite things about rockin' out is that it helps keep me from getting grumpy at other drivers, because let's face it, driving can be wicked stressful! People don't pay attention, they drive too fast, too slow, allow themselves to become distracted (often on a cell phone) and put others sharing the road with them in danger! This drives me absolutely bonkers, so having a fun way to release the stress-pressure valve means I'll arrive at my destination in a good mood instead of being a snarly grouch.

Finding ways to decompress and make things that are generally unpleasant more tolerable is extremely important to me. Life comes with a laundry list of drudgery that is practically impossible to avoid (...like LAUNDRY). Whenever I am inclined to drag my butt at having to tackle these unpleasant tasks, or open my mouth to complain, I hear Aunt Mattie's voice in my head reminding me, "Your life is what you make it, and the world is how you take it." More often than not, this has me reaching for some tunes to change my attitude and create a much more pleasant experience. Turning the vacuum cleaner into my dance partner? Fun times! Singing in the bathtub? The duckies dig it! Wiggling at the wheel? Challenge accepted! What's on your playlist?