Ryan Howdershelt is a third-year TCC student at TCC. He was born and raised in Tallahassee, Fla. When Ryan goes fishing, hunting or whenever he is inside playing video games he enjoys listening to his favorite songs. Here are his top 10 favorite songs with explanations of why they are his favorites. He calls this playlist “Life Vibes.”
Playlist: Life Vibes
“I Don’t Want to Be” by Gavin DeGraw
This song helps him with his struggles of self-love and help him accept himself and who he is.
“Bad Day” by Daniel Powder
This is the song he plays when he is having a bad day and helps him feel better and finish the day strong.
“That’s What I Love about Sunday” by Craig Morgan
This song correlates with his family, which is the most important thing to him, and he has very fond memories that happened on Sundays.
“Live like You Were Dying” by Tim McGraw
This song reminds him that life is precious and never wants to take that for granted or miss out on anything and wants to live it to the fullest potential.
“Watching You” by Rodney Atkins
This song reminds him of his father because his father is his biggest role model in his life and influenced his habits of good and bad.
“I’m gonna be somebody” by Travis Tritt
This song he correlates with his family as they try to aspire to be good people just like he tries to do.
“If you’re going through hell” by Rodney Atkins
This song was one of his mom’s favorite songs to sing with him and now that he’s older the message of “never give up” is more important to him than ever.
“Where I come from” by Alan Jackson
Ryan loves this song because no matter where he goes in life it reminds him to never forget where he came from.
“Keep your head up” by Andy Grammer
This is one of his favorite songs when he is struggling with anxiety or tend to overthink things and feels as if a weight is being lifted off him.
“1-800-273-8255” by Logic
This song to him is a reminder that no matter how bad life is at that point there are always people that love him and help is only a phone call away.