<font style="background-color: yellow;">T</font>he <font style="background-color: yellow;">L</font>ove of my <font style="background-color: yellow;">L</font>ife

I am a fanatic<font style="background-color: yellow;">al</font> music lover. <font style="background-color: yellow;">I have heard</font> about ten thousand <strike>heard</strike> songs, <font style="background-color: yellow;">and have created</font> over 200 original playlists<font style="background-color: yellow;">.</font>  <font style="background-color: yellow;">M</font>usic categorizing is like <strike>me</strike> appreciating my collection<strike>s</strike>, and my passion for music never fail<font style="background-color: yellow;">s</font> to beat those <font style="background-color: yellow;">of</font> stamp<strike>s,</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">or</font> antique collectors. When people start to ask me for a recommendation for <strike>the</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">a</font> hit single, my journey towards classifying music begins. After countless attempts, I settle down with three of my favorite playlists: “Fast Pac<font style="background-color: yellow;">ed</font><strike>ing</strike>”, “Free Thinking”, “Drowning in <strike>the</strike> Melancholy”.

Literally, “Fast Pac<font style="background-color: yellow;">ed</font><strike>ing</strike>” is a <font style="background-color: yellow;">collection</font> of high-energy music. Often, I play it while working out. One of the songs named Trouble <font style="background-color: yellow;">by</font> Mike Williams always gives me <font style="background-color: yellow;">extra motivation</font> when I try to push my physical boundar<font style="background-color: yellow;">ies</font>. Not limit<font style="background-color: yellow;">ed</font><strike>ing</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">to</font> sport<font style="background-color: yellow;">ing</font> activit<font style="background-color: yellow;">ies</font>, it also <font style="background-color: yellow;">helps keep you awake</font>. When you stay up at night, working on <font style="background-color: yellow;">tomorrow's deadline</font>, it’s the perfect fit <font style="background-color: yellow;">to keep</font> your brain <font style="background-color: yellow;">awake</font>.

<font style="background-color: yellow;">The second</font> playlist “Free Thinking” contains, mostly, classical music. There are times that we need to calm down to work with concentration, and songs with lyrics can be a bother. <font style="background-color: yellow;">What</font> you need is <font style="background-color: yellow;">just</font> music. Following your mind<font style="background-color: yellow;">'s</font> flow, <strike>absolute</strike> music in this playlist offers both the pleasure of listening and the effectiveness of working. The best <font style="background-color: yellow;">pieces</font> in “Free Thinking” must be Viktoria Mullova’s Bach:6 Solo Sonatas & Partitas.

Last comes my best work - “Drowning in <strike>the</strike> Melancholy”. Though it seems not as popular as the other two among my friends, its specialty lies beneath the song itself. Having no specific genre, the division is more likely to depend on personal feelings. When a mood of melancholy descended on us, we tend to seek understanding rather than to let <font style="background-color: yellow;">go of</font> the sadness <strike>go</strike> immediately. The playlist create an air of <font style="background-color: yellow;">depression</font>, and all you have to do is to throw your whole body into its gentle sea, feeling the water <font style="background-color: yellow;">em</font>bracing all your negative emotions and gradually washing them away. No matter how many times I hear the Clair de lune from Claude Debussy, I can <font style="background-color: yellow;">still</font> feel the inner grief, like someone whispering near your ears, telling you <font style="background-color: yellow;">her</font> sorrow <strike>of her</strike> and yours <font style="background-color: yellow;">are</font> connected.

My parents consistently express their concerns about my over-listening, though I am already addicted to it. These playlists are just like daily dairies I write in years. Every playlist contains a story of mine. Every song matters to me.

Today is the Beginning of Summe<font style="background-color: yellow;">r</font>

Today is the Beginning of Summer(立夏) in <font style="background-color: yellow;">the C</font>hinese calendar. It means that we <font style="background-color: yellow;">say</font> goodbye to spring and <strike>started into</strike> summer <font style="background-color: yellow;">starts</font> from today. I just saw a post, it said on this day people <font style="background-color: yellow;">had</font> a custom of weighing <font style="background-color: yellow;">themselves</font>. In China<font style="background-color: yellow;">,</font> people do have many ancient and interesting traditional customs. I'm going to weigh myself.