September 2015 – Excess Thoughts

Song Saturday (And a video?) – Let It Go by James Bay

I hope everyone is having a lovely Saturday. It’s gorgeous out and it’s waking up to this is a reminder that every day is fresh and new and full of potential.

Here I have a song that is currently on repeat for me right now.

Here’s James Bay’s song, Let It Go. I’ve linked a live version which is absolute perfection.

I may or may not have cried while listening to this. I love absolutely everything about it. It’s one of those songs that rips your heart out, but in a good way. It’s a song you can listen to when everything feels like it’s going wrong, and it reminds you that everything will be okay.

And isn’t that something we all need sometimes?

(I actually discovered it from this contemporary choreo:

.. Which also made me cry. A good contemporary piece gets me every time. I used to dance (though not particularly well), but this one really resonated with me. It felt real and raw and it was stunning )

<3 Talk to y’all soon and hope you have a fantastic weekend.

Song Saturday (Well technically a playlist…) – The Ultimate Instrumental Playlist Volume. 2

So it’s a Saturday morning, 7am, and I’m all up and showered and ready to tackle a day’s worth of homework and studying. But there’s always something I need, and that’s a good study playlist. So here’s one I’d like to share with you guys:

8tracks – The Ultimate Instrumental Playlist Volume. 2

From my previous posts, you may have noticed that I love a good modern classical/score playlist, nothing too hardcore (though there are a few songs on here that I skipped because they were a little too dramatic for my low key study vibes).

So I’m always on the look out for a good instrumental studying playlist that isn’t too intense, and I’ve found another one!

You’ll find some of my favourite artists/songs on here such as:
Dustin O’Halloran, Max Richter, Dustin Britain, Sleeping At Last etc.

Basically, if an 8tracks playlist has Dustin O’Halloran on it, it’s usually a good playlist in my books haha.

As much as I like Hans Zimmer, I feel like most of his songs have his signature heavy drama music type feel (please forgive my inability to describe music), except for a few movies he’s scored.

Have a listen!

(Customer satisfaction guaranteed, or your money back)

Happy Saturday friends 🙂

Well, it sure has been a whirlwind

So I’m absolutely terrible at updating this, but I really do enjoy blogging 😮

This’ll be a quick little update post, but I’m hoping to work on some more in depth ones tonight.

Last Thursday I got into Chemical Engineering! I’m so excited. It was a pretty wild lead up because I found out after class started, but I’m so happy to be in! 🙂
Not gonna lie, it’s really challenging. The first few days were really stressful, with all of the catching up that I had to do, but I’m working on it! It’s pretty overwhelming (especially as an anxious human being) but I’m managing, and I hope to share some of my tips with managing stress and anxiety (and life in general) with you guys.

Miscellaneous thoughts:
– Why is there never enough time in a day?
– I’ve found some solid 8tracks playlists I’d like to share with y’all
– Begin Again is an incredible movie and you should all watch it cuz it just feels good
– I feel like I’ve improved a lot of my productivity, so I’d like to write about how that’s going/what I’m doing
– I wonder how reasonable it would be to start doing youtube? I feel like that would be a better way to reach people, but I have 0 video editing skills and I’m not sure what the time commitment that would be

I’ll post sometime tonight or tomorrow 🙂

Hope you guys have a fab weekend