Meeting new people suck sometimes when you have define yourself as type of person who likes a type of things. The above is one of those questions I hate being asked because my music taste is vastly eclectic.

I love music. It can turn a bad day into a good one in minutes and I suppose a good day into a bad one too if you over-think hard enough.

It can inspire, hold you and tug at your heart strings.

Music can bring back all kinds of memories and even get you lost in it.

I can't go a day without listening to music and my Youtube playlists vary from Fat Bottomed Girls ByQueen (I feel this song is particularly relevant) to Skrillex or ridiculous trap remixes. *Side note search for a trap remix of Pure Imagination from Willy Wonka, It's pretty awesome*

I've always been this way and while I can be very specific on what I don't like, that list is pretty small and only really includes things that I can't sing screech along to. What's your favourite band/artist? Is another question I hate because it changes, a lot, almost daily actually. My usual answer reflects that and I'll throw out something like "I'm really enjoying so and so right now" and this will be enough to satisfy the question asker. If it were life or death and I had to pick my 5 top songs, if I had a CD on a desert island and could only listen to those songs for the rest of my life.

Bad analogy, you probably get rescued from a desert island eventually...

Mine would be alone these lines:

1. The Closest Thing to Crazy - Katie Melua
2. How Long Will I Love You - Ellie Goulding
3. If I die Young - The Band Perry
4. Misery Business - Paramore
5. Wide Eyed - Billy Lockett

Oxford English Dictionary defines Happy as Feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.

Okay, the basic feeling of happiness is just that, pleasure or contentment but on a deeper level what does happy mean?

I guess, to me, happy is being loved. Being surrounded by those who love me unconditionally and support me in my life endeavours. Happy is enjoying what I do to earn a living. Happy is really bad jokes that you laugh at because they're so awful. Happy is family, friends and support.

There are definitely times where I'd consider myself not happy. When I have to worry about things that I didn't before, like not having enough money to give my mum a good birthday present or to help pay for things. Like my whole life changing because I wasn't warned about something. Like feeling so alone and lost because too many things have weighed down on my and all at once things fall apart. These are the times where you have to focus on those things that you'd consider you're happy because it's those times that you really need them. You need them so you don't just fall apart.

It's okay to struggle. It is... You know why?

Everybody does.

It's okay to have times where things aren't at all happy because everyone has those moments in life, those pinnacles where things will change but you have to decide whether those changes will be positive or negative. Just try to remember that it's okay. It's hard. I know this first hand but it's okay if you have those things that you consider happy. Your happy people, places, things.

This kind of thought always gets me thinking of questions we used to be asked in school. We always said, when asked where we'd be in ten years the answer was I'll be successful. That's the other one that takes a little more thought. What is success? Being a good friend, parent, person? Excelling in your chosen career and being appreciated for all your hard work?

It's another personal definition.

What do you all consider happiness to be, where does your mind go when you feel low?
I've got a song recommendation today for those of you who are maybe having a down day or those of you seeking some inspiration, this one has me waxing poetic lately.

Billy Locket - Wide Eyed (X)
Give it a listen and let me know down below how it makes you feel.

Cheers