Serenity, Please!

Today is a pretty stressful day for work. We have three double header events (baseball, softball, and basketball), and there is also a marathon taking place through our campus that has most of the roads blocked off. It's a serenity prayer kind of morning over here. I'm going to change up the 5 things I'm grateful for, with 5 songs that I'm thankful for because they tend to help calm me down in stressful situations.

1. Tranquilize - Lou Reed and the Killers. I LOVE this song. Anytime that I'm having a hard time focusing, I turn to this song to get me back on track mentally. I was at Lollopalooza the year both Lou Reed and The Killers were performing, and was hoping that at the end of The Killers set that Lou Reed would show up and they would perform this song live, but I wasn't so lucky.

2. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night - Bon Jovi. This is my favorite Bon Jovi song. I think the message is one that can fit into any stressful situation, and today is definitely that day. "It may not be tomorrow, but that's ok."

3. Forever - Dropkick Murphys. This may seem a little odd on this list since I tell people that if I ever get married, this is the song I want to walk down the aisle to, and have as my first dance song, but the music in the song just calms me instantly.

4. Nothing - The Script. Again, it's a little depressing, but when I need to calm down, this song is always at the top of the playlist.

5. Girl Named Tennesse - Needtobreathe. I know the obviously choice by this group would be Lay 'Em Down, but there's just something about this song that makes me happy.

I have to get to work, but I hope you enjoyed the tunes! Feel free to share with me some of your favorite songs to de-stress to so I can add them to my playlist.