3 Steps to Creating a Purposeful Playlist for 2022

Let’s get together this month to plan our playlist for 2022 (mine is at the end of this post)!

It may not be a resolution, a goal, or even an intention..but a FEELING you hope to take with you into the new year. I know the concept of a new year is just an arbitrary designation of time, but life is truly short – so taking an opportunity for more meaning in a moment can’t hurt.

Let’s give some vision time to our auditory diet this season. Curate what you value.

Music adds meaning into moments…and in the case of our #Playlist2022 I hope it will make our whole next year even more meaningful.

1. Choose a goal, intention, or desired feeling to take into 2022 – 

I recognize you may have several whys for using music—to de-stress, to boost your memory, to increase your productivity, to lessen your anxiety. Whatever your objective may be, just naming it will help. In her book The Success–Energy Equation, Michelle Cederberg puts it this way: “When you set a goal, your attention is naturally drawn toward what you should do next. Your brain starts to look for ways to accomplish that goal and you gain focus, which is an antidote to all the distractions and low-priority tasks that compete for your attention every day.” Cederberg goes on to discuss goals in the most beautiful and musical way: “If your goals don’t resonate with you at a deeper level it will be hard to stay connected to them.”

So why do you need a purpose playlist? Here are some of the most popular goals I have heard from family, friends, and clients:

For comfortTo reduce stressTo lessen anxietyTo improve moodTo find purposeTo increase productivityTo boost creativityTo feel inspiredTo strengthen relationshipsFor general self-care

Take a moment to reflect upon one or more overarching goals you have in your life. Big goals help us expand our vision and stay open to possibilities. This mindset will help us move through the exercises seeking sustainable benefits.

2. Choose your Songs

Choosing songs that every time you hear them express the feeling you have chosen as your goal – your intention. As I was putting mine together I started to feel guilty letting go of some of the songs I had originally chosen – because I love those songs. I had to keep reminding myself that just because the song isn’t on this playlist doesn’t mean I have to stop liking that song – it just doesn’t fit this playlist.  There are many more playlists in Wellness, Wellplayed where they can be shared.  Some of the songs I have selected surprised me.  They are not my regular listening songs but when I really honed into my intention – they did the trick. I have been working on my playlist all month and I currently have 26 songs (changing all the time). I am aiming for 40 – 50 so I can have a really good shuffle throughout all of next year.

3. Share your playlist – on Social Media, Music HUB, or directly with me!

Let’s share our playlists on your favourite streaming service or send me your list via social media and let’s tag #MyPlaylist2022 so I can find it!

In Wellness, Wellplayed I share another idea – the 6 steps for starting a Music Hub. A place where music lovers are looking to meet fellow music lovers. A place to show off our tastes and learn what others like. A great way to encourage us to pay attention to our current listening habits while also discovering new music. A place to dig deeply into our memories and to create new ones. Perhaps you can already envision the perfect group of old or new friends you feel would be interested in getting together to talk music?

Thanks for joining me on this journey of setting our 2022 Intention in Music – here’s mine,!

My goal/intention for 2022 is to DRIVE and HAVE DRIVE.  Driving my life has been erratic for the last couple of years – sometimes I have had to pull over, fix the engine and fill with gas BUT I continued to be in the driver’s seat and I plan to keep doing that into 2022 with even more vibrancy, clarity and chutzpa as my friend Fran Herman would say.

The name of my playlist is the action I am taking to DRIVE THE DREAM I started in 1991 and I am going to keep going until I am ready to stop.

 

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