Good Mood Playlist

Most of us are feeling pretty optimistic right about now. It's a new year, a new semester, and there are endless possibilities. If you weren't so successful in your classes last year, you now have a fresh start at that 4.0 GPA. Did you go through a bad breakup? Now you have a brand new year to meet new people. Take up a new hobby, learn a skill, or just keep on working towards something you're already involved in. I've put together a fun playlist to accompany you in whatever you set out to accomplish this year. Enjoy!

1. All Night - Icona Pop
2. Happy - Pharrell Williams
3. Pompeii - Bastille
4. You Make Me - Avicii
5. Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men
6. Butterfly - Little Mix
7. Alone Together - Fall Out Boy
8. Burn - Ellie Goulding
9. Dark Horse - Katy Perry
10. Best Day of My Life - American Authors
11. XO - Beyonce
12. Hey Brother - Avicii
13. Chocolate - The 1975
14. Sweater Weather - The Neighborhood
15. Anna Sun - Walk the Moon

Weekly Obsession

Each week, I'll add a little blurb on my current "weekly obsession". This week, it's a mashup by Robin Skouteris. There are many cool mashups out there and the end of a year is a prime time for lots of them to pop up. This is by far the best one I've ever heard. It acts as a sort of best of for pop music throughout 2013. It features 56 songs from all sorts of genres and artists ranging from Justin Bieber to Avicii to Iggy Azalea. The transitions are absolutely flawless and the videos even fit together well, too.  Check it out below. It's ten minutes long, but well worth every second!

xoxo Melissa

Workout Playlist

With the new year, many people have a list of resolutions they're setting out to accomplish. A popular one is getting fit, or at least getting into better shape. This is one of the hardest resolutions to tackle. In our busy lives, there are always other things we should be doing. More often than not, however, we have plenty of time to get in a good workout, but it is just so much easier to lounge around watching Netflix (have you checked out Orange is the New Black??). We have to recommit to our goals every morning when we wake up and make them a priority throughout our day. There is no right or wrong way to achieve your goals, as long as you are remaining safe. Setbacks happen and we can't let them discourage us. Whether you are one who is taking on the "new year, new me" mantra when it comes to fitness, you are already a marathon runner, or you are somewhere in between, I've put together a playlist of upbeat, fun workout songs to give you motivation.

1. Can't Hold Us - Macklemore

2. My Songs now What you Did in the Dark- Fall Out Boy

3. Gonna make you swea

4. Yonce/Partition - Beyonce

5. Talk Dirty- Jason Derulo Ft. 2 Chainz

6. Imma Be- Black Eyed Peas

7. Play Hard- David Guetta Ft. Neyo & Akon

8. Danza Kuduro - Don Omar Ft. Lucenzo

9. Break Your Heart - Taio Cruz

10. Fitness - Bei Maejor

11. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

12. Let the Groove In - Justin Timberlake

13. Beyonce - Bow Down

14. Grown Woman - Beyonce

15. Pop That - French Montana ft. Rick Ross, Drake & Lil Wayne

16. A Little Party Never Killed Nobody - Fergie

17. Get Lucky - Daft Punk

18. Radioactive - Imagine Dragons

19. Black Skinhead - Kanye West

20. Raise Your Glass - P!nk

21. 1983 - Neon Trees

22. Beat It  - Michael Jackson

23. Stronger - Kanye West

24. Tonight I'm Getting Over You - Carly Rae Jepsen

25. I Love It - Icona Pop

26. Since You Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson

27. Sandcastle Disco - Solange Knowles

28. We Found Love - Rihanna

29. My Body - Young the Giant

30. Best Song Ever - One Direction

xoxo Melissa