Time Of Your Life.

For 19 year old Crystal Smith, Green Day's 'Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)' has made a substantial impact on her life.

She tells me why:

"There are many songs that have changed my life or make me smile when I hear them but this song in particular has had the biggest impact on my life.

I have suffered from depression and anxiety since I was 16, I had it all under control until I turned 19 and things started going wrong for me, I was in a bad place and unable to see any good or any happiness in my life even though now I can see that it was full of it.

And one day I had my iPod on shuffle and this song happened to play and I listened to it and liked it then I replayed it and listened to the lyrics. The lyrics put a lot of perspective on my life, “Another turning point; a fork stuck in the road. Time grabs you by the wrist; directs you where to go. So make the best of this test and don't ask why.” I realised that even though I was going through a difficult patch it was a point in my life that I was meant to go through, there was a reason for this journey in my life, I needed to learn from it and just relax and try to be calm.

“It's something unpredictable but in the end it's right. I hope you had the time of your life.” These lyrics sum up my life, all the time I plan and try to prepare for life then something that I didn’t expect to happen, does and it always turns out to be right and perfect. Like my choice of studies, which was very unpredictable and random but never, would I change it and ending up being with my girlfriend and moving my life to the other side of the country. I now embrace fate and unpredictability."

Thankyou so much Crystal for sharing :)


It really is refreshing to read these kinds of stories from you guys and find that music really does help us when we least expect it. I'm so glad that everything is going well for you now, too :)


 Personally, I'm not much of a Green Day fan, but I have liked this song from the first time I heard it. Also, I find that a lot of songs I love have come from just listening to my ipod on shuffle :)


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xx