Reflective Essay Example about Music

Music has always been a part of my life ever since I was little. The different variety to choose from, from pop to rock or from rap to ballad. It has always lit up my heart,  the beats of the music sometimes rhythming to my heartbeat. It feels like you are somewhere you aren’t supposed to be. Its aura illuminates your mind and brings back memories you may have forgotten about. Music is something special, something greater than its being played out to be and you may not realise it.

Life isn’t always easy and most of the time I need to let myself take a breather after a long day of struggles and stress. School is a big part of my life and sometimes it can be really hard to cope and not stress about it. Music keeps on helping me get through whatever I have to get through by just simply calming me and motivating me with its strong presence to get what needs to be done, be done. Some days can be worse than others, such as when I have to speak in front of the class or if I get something wrong in class, it doesn’t really help my anxious self and it usually makes me feel down and overall angry at myself for not being able to do the simple things. School is something my introverted self has struggled with due to my lifestyle as a person. Some subjects are harder than others, but one in particular is just so frustrating to me. I have always struggled with this subject, I always motivate myself to do it and see how it goes but most of the time, I just fail it. It can be very annoying at times but music is the only way to keep that anger down and think of the positives of. “I’ll do better”,” I'll be able to do it next time” etc. Even though sometimes there is never a next time but it's better to be positive than negative.

Different music sparks out a different part of your life, my music choices and music type’s have definitely changed and have made me remember so many times in my life that I had forgotten about. I always have a song for what I feel or something that has happened in my life. I associate these songs with my memories and it always helps me relax and think about myself for a minute. I think about all the good times that have happened to me to overall make myself happy and get on with my life like usual. Sad incidents spark out sad songs and happy incidents spark out happy songs. It’s quite self explanatory if you ask me.

Improving my emotions has always been something I struggle with but specific songs spark out different emotions, which usually helps you feel that type of emotion, even when you might not think it will happen, it does. It is used to level all of my emotions instead of them being all over the place, like they usually are. It's something that is always going to happen but a good reset is what I need and music does just that.

Listening to music at night is like heaven to me. It’s so relaxing and fun. You are in that state of mind where you are so calm and collected. That you almost feel like you aren’t in your own body. Closing my eyes shut, listening to that sweet beat of the music hitting my ears. The lyrics completely destroying your sadness. The instrumental music pulling me into a different world. I feel so happy at that moment. I am at my peak of happiness. Car rides at night hit differently with music also. They make me feel some type of way that I physically cannot explain. It brings me so much joy and happiness, it's unbelievable. Watching the stars' bright lights flicker around in the dark black world around me. The moon being the centre of the attention, like the popular person in school. 

I think music is kind of like exploring yourself and your mindset. I feel that different songs represent my personality and how I feel at that moment of my life. They physically represent me as a person. There are so many choices to choose from and whichever ones come to me is how I think I represent myself and my personality. Some songs I think also represent my academic ability and maybe how well I deal with things that make me feel slightly stressed. 

Although some of my experiences in my life were not particularly happy.