Multiple studies have shown music’s positive effect on mood. I experience this every day. I’ve been playing a guitar riff in the first 10 seconds of an unlikely song that I find addictive. I need to cut this part out and make it my ringtone. Just listening to the riff on repeat has put me in a great mood as I start the day. I use music multiple times during the day – when I want to get started on a work out, when I want to focus, when I want to write, and so on.
It occurred to me this morning that many of us are privileged enough to walk around with devices that carry more than a 1,000 songs in our pocket. Perhaps we ought to just create a “good mood” list for our together favorite songs/songs that remind us of great times and play it every time we feel we need a lift during the day.
There really are no excuses letting bad moods prevail..
A Learning a Day 