Why Anxiously Ambitious People Need a Soundtrack for Their Chaos

There’s a special kind of existence where you’re deeply feeling, wildly ambitious, and permanently teetering between burnout and inspiration. If that’s you, welcome—you’re one of us.

You know the drill:
✔️ Brain moving at 100mph, body moving at 0.5x speed.
✔️ Too overstimulated to function, too ambitious to stop.
✔️ Romanticizing your life like a main character while ignoring responsibilities.
✔️ Crying in the car, but still making it to the meeting.

You don’t need just any playlist. You need a soundtrack that understands you—one that lets you spiral for a second but also reminds you to keep going.

🔗 Enter: The Anxiously Ambitious PlaylistLISTEN HERE

A mix of indie folk, alt-rock, and lo-fi existential anthems that will hold space for your emotions while also gently nudging you forward.

🎵 For when you need to:

🌀 Overthink, but make it aestheticNoah Kahan, Phoebe Bridgers, Lorde
🚀 Pretend you’re in an A24 film instead of workingBon Iver, Mitski, The Lumineers
📝 Romanticize your to-do list (or avoid it completely)Cage The Elephant, Gregory Alan Isakov, MGMT
🌲 Disappear into the woods (mentally, at least)Lord Huron, Kacey Musgraves, Clairo

Press play. Feel things. Get sh*t done (eventually).

Janette Downie

Wedding, Elopement and Family Photographer based in Toronto, Ontario. Available for travel and destination. 

https://www.janettedownie.com
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