Classic.

Classic rock. Classic cars. What makes something classic? I think it’s something that we keep in our lives, that we keep coming back to. There’s the classic things we like. Recently I’ve been rediscovering music I used to listen to all the time, but haven’t listened to recently. It’s the classic music I liked, and I can’t believe I strayed so far away from it. Time to go back. It was part of who I was, and it’s still part of who I AM but I just seem to have forgotten that.

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So, I'm going to take this in a new direction, I think. I'm going to keep up with the whole oneword.com thing on (hopefully) a daily basis, but also add a little more on occasion. I know I missed quite a bit, things got busy for me. I'm going to keep doing the one word idea every day, but every few days I'll add something extra to it like this. It might be a continuation of what I wrote in my oneword post, or it might be a complete tangent. So here it goes.
As I mentioned in my oneword post, I've been rediscovering music I used to listen to, and discovering some new music of the same "genres". Now, I totally hate the word "genre", because I'm not a fan of labeling anything, especially music. The word just seemed the best fit for what I was trying to say. It's fairly well known that I have quite an eclectic taste in music. I listen to anything and everything. That's part of why I hate the word "genre". I don't limit myself to what "kind" of music it is. I never say I hate country or I hate rap or anything like that, because if there's one song in those "genres" that I like, then I can generalize by saying I hate that genre. My philosophy on music is if it's good, I'll listen to it. The music I listen to has changed a lot over the years. I think that's a good thing. I've found a lot of new music I like (and some that I don't like). I've found someone who basically has an identical taste in music as me, which is awesome. I've recently realized that I strayed away from some music that I used to listen to all the time. It was a big part of who I was. Music has always been my outlet in life. The music I used to listen to is stuff that I still LOVE, but just haven't been listening to it lately (and by lately I mean the last 3 years or so.)
This isn't to say I don't like the music I listen to these days (I do, otherwise I wouldn't listen to it), but the stuff today isn't as much a part of me as what I used to listen to. This is where it's getting hard to explain. The music I listen to now is good (that's why I listen to it), but the music I used to listen to is not only good but it affected me. It had meaning to me. It helped me get through things. It helped me understand who I was. Rediscovering this music, has revived that. I've been doubting myself lately, but reviving this taste in music has made me fully confident in who I am, and that's what matters.

Confusing, I'm sure. Thanks for reading.