It is no secret that what you listen to influences what you feel and vice versa. I experienced almost every emotion under the sun going through the stages of starting college and was always matching it with the sound coming from my headphones. Although the following may not fit everyone's personal taste, this is what I listened to when I was...

Anxious / Excited:

A lot of people, a lot of homework, and a whole lot of emotion.

I was in a constant state of anxious excitement the first month of college. I hadn't grown up with these kids, had no connections, and it was sort of wonderful. Starting the next chapter of my life, it was as if I had been given a blank piece of paper to redraw the possibilities and fix the mistakes. While there was happiness in the thought, there was also a lot of nerves that came with each new question; who was I to be in college and what did I want to do with my life?

Welcome to your life

Am I more than you bargained for yet?

All aboard

Confused:

Not only in meeting and attempting to understand each professor, such as what they expected in an essay and whether or not they liked you, there was so much confusion the first month of college. Most memorable moment was when one of my professor's declared that all humans were monkeys that lived in a jungle of nests.

I honestly thought I was prepared for the constant questions, but New Jersey was just on another level. And even in reference to the weather, was it summer? Fall? Summer in the morning and fall at night?

We're halfway there

Am I just paranoid?

Happy:

In all honesty, nothing felt better the first month of college than leaving college.

With that being said, there were a lot of happy moments, such as when my cousin picked me up to spend hours at an arcade or when my roommate watched "Hocus Pocus" for the first time.

There ain't a cloud in sight

Back to the street where we began

I'll be right by your side

Tired:

When you call yourself a sloth, because you sleep so much.

I thought it would be easier waking up in the morning, having done so around 6 am for the past four years, but no. There were a few points in time where the main reason I even made it to class was due to the fact that I literally slumped off of the mattress.

I will be / And silence will not cover me

The wind blows loudest when you've got your eyes closed

I'll take a quiet life

Sad:

"Sometimes we have NyQuil for dinner" - Dot.

There came a moment in the first month of college, and by moment I mean month, of being completely distraught when I couldn't help but be overwhelmed with the amount of readings and essays on top of everything else happening at once.

You've got so much to do / And only so many hours in a day

I hate the ending myself / But it started with an alright scene

Hey Jude / Don't make it bad / Take a sad song and make it better

Accomplished:

Look mom, I'm being productive.

I will say that I was very productive the first month of college. I felt accomplished as I stepped in and out of the recreation center, one time so far to be exact. I completed multiple loads of laundry by myself and survived a vicious attack by a stink bug. Go me and go stink bug, down the trash chute.

Just try your best / Try everything you can

Lay your weary head to rest

Why so serious?

Honorary Mentions:

Ancestors / Hear my plea / Help me not to make a fool of me

Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home