I am the proud winner of East Chapel Hill High School's best person to aux superlative award.
I have never once deleted a Bluetooth connection from my phone. Currently, I have over 75 connections to countless headphones, JBLs and car speaker systems from over the years.
While I pride myself on my ability to "aux," I've realized that it's a manifestation of my unhealthy need for external validation. Often, I drift toward playing those songs that everyone knows — your classic sing-along jams — while avoiding the music I want to listen to in the moment.
In high school — as for most of my life — I was a people-pleaser. I hate saying no. I hate canceling plans. I often apologize for things I shouldn’t and I have far too often let people take advantage of me to avoid confrontation. This is something I struggle with on a daily basis, and have been working toward changing.
Recently, I’ve found great pleasure in curating playlists for my personal consumption. I go through phases where I make a few a day, or work on one for the entirety of a month.
I have over 190 public playlists on my Spotify profile. Is that a sensible amount to have? In all honesty — no. And from a surface level, a lot of them appear to be the same, or fit similar situations and moods. But all of these playlists mean something different to me and were created by me, for me in a rare act of personal individuality.
To quote Pharrell Williams, “Individuality is the new wealth.” I’m a little late, but I’m cashing in.
I've compiled a playlist of everything I listened to on Friday, Sept. 30 as I auxed for myself. Here are some highlights:
