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I’m Stressed…. CDs? Albums?
Yesterday I wrote a bit about “wellness culture” and personalizing it to our own bodies… and today I woke up in a deep-sweat-panic. Despite trying to do all the “right” things for my body and mind this week (aim for enough sleep, eating more, being organized, and so on), I can’t seem to compute with the work-related stress (and pressure I put upon myself) for the next few weekends.
My nonprofit has auditions this weekend and the next, and the things that go into the behind-the-scenes with my little unpaid team of few are astronomical. Promotion and marketing, outreach, choreographing upwards of 5 to 6 combinations in one week (and being able to dance them well), spread sheets, potential acceptance packets and emails, media release forms, almost our entire 2021- 2022 season planned in advance, basic show narrative and scores plotted out for potential role considerations, and on… and on… and on.
You get the idea.
So, here I am, “cold sweat-ing”… ignoring my fighting teenage daughters… hurt back and high levels of pain… and not enough coffee or coffee-ice-cream in the world.
My Question For You:
When you’re panicked, stressed and maxed out mentally, what is your go to album for feeling better?
Not song… but full album (“CD”). I always tell my daughters, “We used to have to commit to buying an entire CD, instead of listening to one single on Spotify. So we had to really like an artist and then really know every single song and how they all connect.”
I personally love anything by Max Richter, Rachmaninov or Ezio Bosso for classical now (I’m a cliche but classical really does help my nerves as a Deaf lady… maybe it’s the way the vibrations feel overall?) But if I’m talking old-school favorite CDs I once loved, it’s a toss up between Cake “Prolonging The Magic” and Dave Matthews Band “Crash” for happy throw-back moments (I also was obsessed with Incubus, R.E.M, Elton John, Counting Crows, Sublime and Barenaked Ladies in my “youth”, in terms of their overall, song-after-song CD overuse.) I even remember loving Pavarotti’s album as a kid!
What about you?
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