The Float is pretty simple- it’s when life is so overwhelming that you narrow your focus and let big chunks of your life go on autopilot. It’s starting a new job/falling in love/losing someone and dropping all of the “little things”, which gather and bump around the edges of your brain like dust bunnies. You’ll get to them eventually, but they’re not hurting anyone if they sit there for a while. It’s permission to take the time you need to breathe and sort things out, even if that takes a good long while.

This bunch of tunes has been relaxing my overheated brain and moving me upstream. Next time life’s got you slogging through some muck, pop this list on, lay back and float away.

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