I originally got this idea from the Podcast "No Dumb Questions". Been doing it since 2020.

Name a Playlist the current year. Anytime you find a song that is a banger, or maybe it played during a special moment, add it in.

Years later, you can listen to the playlist again and perhaps you'll think back on the specific time that you added a certain song.

For example, This song played while my spouse and I finally left the hospital with our newborn

I encourage trying it out. I've been doin it for almost four years now, and it is nice to have it as a memory aid and to not just play whatever the algorithm is driving me to.

wow i have coincidentally also been doing this since about 2019. my 2023 list is shaping up to be a good one so far. Nothing crazy new, but just a lot of good songs that i haven't heard in a good while

i won't explain them all but Wild World is such a great song because it reminds me of watching Skins back in the day when Season 1 ended with the cast singing it: