Recently I’ve grown tired of the songs in my library, even my recently added songs. Have I fallen victim to music fatigue? This has happened before and I found that taking a break from listening to so much music has helped recover. I did that this time but still wasn’t satisfied. It was like there was an itch to scratch on listening to a certain song, but nothing I played worked…next thing I knew I gave into the algorithm. Song after song played and I took solace in not knowing most of them. Some I liked and added to my library, others I forced myself not to skip. A part of me still felt empty…

In this day and age, I often take for granted how easy it is to instantly play exactly what I want to hear. It is nice but not novel anymore. I remember the days of Pandora and hoping certain songs would come up next. It’s too easy nowadays! The algorithm helped to an extent but the most human thing I could do was turn on the radio. Rather than fall victim to what the robot wants me to hear, it’s another human being. I take comfort in that.