The Best Music You've (Probably) Never Heard

I love going to the gym, I think I've turned into a gym rat, but I don't care. I never go for more than an hour, usually just go for one class and then I'm done, but I am in love with the music that I have discovered in my classes. I haven't done a top ten in awhile, so here is a list of the top TWENTY songs that I have discovered since starting going to the gym. To date, I have never heard any of these on any radio station. I have discovered some music that is on the top 40 list, but I tried to stay away from those for this list.

1. Move - MercyMe
2. Skinny Love - Birdy
3. Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) - Mika
4. When the Bells Don't Chime - Brian Setzer
5. Limbo - Daddy Yankee
6. La Bomba - Ricky Martin
7. Where I Belong - Nine Lashes
8. Dale Cuerda a La Cadera - DJ Mendez
9. DJ Dale Play - Mara
10. Tranquila - J Balvin
11. Pasarela - Daddy Yankee
12. Heartbreak on Hold - Alexandra Burke
13. La Maquina - Picco
14. Wings - Little Mix
15. Quiero Bailar - 3BallMTY
16. Mashallah - Wajid and Shreya Ghoshal
17. Only You - Ellie Goulding
18. Antidote - Swedish House Mafia
19. Dum Dum - Tedashii
20. The Saints - Andy Mineo ft. KB and Trip Lee

They are mostly in order of my favorite, but I really could listen to all of them every day. It is mainly a compilation of music from four different types of classes that I take at two different gym locations, which is why there's a little bit of variety. I don't know how the instructors pick their music, but it's so refreshing to have a little variety in music. They still throw in some top 40 hits too, but what a perfect opportunity to introduce music that people never hear about. I recently started listening to Spotify, and it has also introduced me to some great music. Maybe another top ten in the making. :)

Five Years Later

I post a lot about how much life changes, and we seem to stand still, so I thought I would do a comparison going further back than a couple months, or a year. The biggest changes in my life occurred in the past five years. When people say that time passes fast, it's because they think nothing has changed much, but if you look back, and see how much has changed, you realize time passes quite slowly. So, here we go, here is a list of what my life was like five-six years ago.

1) I didn't have a steady full-time job
2) I didn't own a car
3) I didn't even have a license
4) I lived with my parents
5) I had almost no friends who lived less than 50 miles away
6) I had a five figure debt from school
7) I was still in school (internship)

Me in my "new" car  (2009)

This list is all stuff that was true in January of 2009. By that summer almost none of it was true. By November none of it was true. This was just for one year, and so many milestones passed. I have passed many more milestones since then, but for now I'm going to post about this year because it's been on my mind ever since I hit my five year anniversary at my job. The time seems like it has passed quickly, but really so much has changed. Maybe next year I'll have to post about 2010. It really is interesting to go back and look at your life, and realize just how much you had to look forward to, if only you had the hindsight back then. 

Day 379: I think I missed something

This will be the last post with the day number....cause somehow I think the count got off. I also noticed that I never input for the month of July for the "money jar," although if I remember correctly I think I had thirteen for that month. This month was a little less, at 10. It still is pretty good, though, considering I took a vacation and have been trying to hang out with friends more. I can't believe I've been living in this apartment for a year. Thinking back a year I didn't think I would still be here. Money saving techniques are coming back ten fold. I dug through my freezer when I got home for something to make for dinner and found some frozen pizza I bought sometime after moving in here last year. It was expired, but I made the most of it. A little more crispy, so I spread some bbq sauce on top and washed it down with a soda, then treated myself to a cup, not a bowl, of peach frozen yogurt. I have also discovered Spotify, which means I can listen to all different kinds of music, which will prevent me from buying so many cds. Personal favorites are the Study station (ethereal music, think sigur-ros) and the Soul station. The sweet sounds of Al Green and the Commodores have been streaming through my speakers for the last hour.

I will try to keep up on this, I guess I can always number them by the month, instead of day, since clearly that didn't work out so well.

Edit: Ok I just figured it out, I apparently went through the 200 numbers twice, I guess I need to get on here more often.