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A Playlist To Help With Writer's Block

Music always offers inspiration.

Mydia Alonso

Oct 10, 2016

Plains, Pennsylvania

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Many times before, I have been plagued with writer's block. It's happened to me as recent as last week, and each time it does occur, I always turn to music, where I never cease to find inspiration. Usually, slow tempo music is what relaxes me the most and tends to bring all different kinds of ideas to mind, and what I listen to really does dictate if what I'll write is good or not. Here's the playlist I turn to in times of writer's block:

1. The xx- Intro

2. Caspian- Dust and Disquiet

3. Bon Iver- Holocene

4. Angus and Julia Stone- Lonely Hands

5. Cage the Elephant- How Are You True

6. Band of Horses- The Funeral

7. Ben Howard- Oats in the Water

8. Vance Joy- Who Am I

9. Johnnyswim- Heart Beats

10. Coldplay- Talk

11. Citizen Cope- Lifeline

12. Angus and Julia Stone- From The Stalls

13. City and Colour- Sensible Heart

14. Front Porch Step- A Lovely Mess

15. Twenty One Pilots- Slowtown

16. Cage the Elephant- Telescope

17. Of Monsters and Men- Dirty Paws

18. Wiretree- Big Coat

19. Hozier- To Be Alone

20. Down Like Silver- Wolves

21. Ben Harper- She's Only Happy in the Sun

22. Kodaline- High Hopes

23. Aurora- Runaway

24. The xx- Stars

25. James Vincent McMorrow- Wicked Game

26. Oasis- Stop Crying Your Heart Out

27. Elliot Smith- Between the Bars

28. Chet Faker- Gold

29. Arctic Monkeys- 505

30. Real Friends- Sixteen

31. Ben Howard- The Fear

32. Lorde- Buzzcut Season

33. The Lumineers- Stubborn Love

34. Mumford and Sons- White Blank Page

35. Duffy- Warwick Avenue

36. The 1975- Medicine

37. Coldplay- Fix You

38. Andrew Belle- In My Veins

39. Stateless- Bloodstream

40. The Temper Trap- Sweet Disposition

41. Benjamin Francis Leftwich- 1904

42. Twenty One Pilots- Oh Miss Believer

43. London Grammar- Wasting My Young Years

44. Elton John- Your Song

45. Florence + The Machine- Cosmic Love

46. Bon Iver- 22

47. Ellie Goulding- Dead in the Water

48. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Otherside

49. Buttons- The Deep End

50. Twenty One Pilots- Before You Start Your Day

51. The Used- Hard to Say

52. The Story So Far- Clairvoyant

53. The Fray- Heartless (Cover)

54. Margot & The Nuclear So And So's- Broadripple Is Burning

55. Mazzy Star- Fade Into You

56. Coldplay- Don't Panic

57. Kaleo- Way Down We Go

58. The Cinematic Orchestra- To Build A Home

59. City and Colour- Comin' Home

60. Cold War Kids- First

Music is something that has always offered me inspiration and comfort. Every time I feel as if I have no more words left in me to write or say, I turn to these songs and the words begin to come to mind, forming sentences then paragraphs, so on and so on. Then, I begin to write again.

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There are plenty of obstacles that come when taking care of kids, but it's a very rewarding experience.

1. You get excited when the parents purchase season passes to the pool.

2. You've become friends with the stay-at-home moms in town.

3. You get a chance to eat "kid foods" again.

4. You've traded in your cute purse for a large tote bag.

5. You have at least one car seat in your backseat.

6. Their nap time is your happy time.

7. Lunch time can be a disaster.

8. You have to play the same board games repeatedly.

9. You catch yourself using the same lines your parents once told you.

10. Your "mom-mode" kicks in at times.

11. Your heart melts a little when they do something cute.

You'll never find any souvenirs with your name on it

1. You know you are up next when the teacher pauses while taking attendance

2. When “I’m going to do my very best to make sure I know all your names” is said, it may or may be an empty promise

3. “Wow! That sounds so cool! Where is your family from?”

4. You dread when people ask you to repeat your name over and over because it “sounds so cool when you say it”

5. There’s a 50/50 chance that your name will come back either correct or incorrect at Starbucks

6. People try to find shorter, easier nicknames for you instead of calling you by your actual name

7. When someone famous or fictional character shares your name, you get so happy

8. “What’s your name?” “It’s [name]” “I’m sorry, what was it again?”

9. You’ve pretty much seen every misspelling and heard every mispronunciation of your name throughout your life

10. When you find another person with an “ethnic” sounding name, you both get excited

11. Despite the struggles, your name is pretty unique… just like you

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6. “Geez, you are obsessed with your flag. We get it, you’re Puerto Rican.”

7. “Why are you so loud?”

8. “So does your family know English?”

9. “Oh my god, Puerto Ricans are so spicy.”

10. “So did you eat a lot of tacos?”

11. “Are you Mexican?”

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