Pick Me Up Playlist

An important part of any traveler’s manifesto? A good playlist.

Music is one of my favorite things in the world.  What else can make you dance, cry, smile, remember one moment in your life, and reenergize your day in three minutes and thirty-two seconds?

Let’s face it. Not every day is the best. Whether or not you’re 7 and Jimmy just stole the only light blue crayon left in the box or 47 and you didn’t get the promotion … But that’s what music is for, and everyone should have a pick me up playlist. No matter what songs fill your one to ten it should go a little something like this... 

1. Sometimes it seems like nothing is going your way
• Upward Over the Mountain - Iron & Wine
2. And it's OK to be angry
• Strange Clouds - B.o.B ft. Lil Wayne
3. But everything happens for a reason
• VCR - The XX
4. And the only person in control of you is you
• We Can't Stop - Miley Cyrus
5. And you're pretty awesome
• Swagga Like Us - Jay-Z and T.I. ft Kanye West & Lil Wayne
6. And so are the friends that love you
• Hell On Heels - Pistol Annies
7. And the family that will always be there
• New York, New York - Frank Sinatra
8. So just dance
• Danza Kuduro - Don Omar ft. Lucenzo
9. Then sing out of tune
• Piano Man - Billy Joel
10. And never forget everything you have to be thankful for
• This is What It Feels Like - Armin van Buuren ft. Trevor Guthrie [W&W Remix]

Stay tuned for more playlists!