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Start with your favorite music genre first and add your favorite songs from a mixture of artists in that genre. The ultimate hip-hop playlist, classic rock playlist, and baroque classical playlist are all great ways of organizing your tunes. Equally great is to pick a single artist to start with. If you've got all the records Bob Dylan ever recorded, that's a lot of tunes to sift through. Pick your 50 favorite songs from his career and organize them into a playlist of the greats. Alternatively, while it might make sense to stick to one genre, you don't have to. Try jumping all over the place. Throw some prog-jazz or some classical-folk-gothic fusion into the mix. Why not? There are no rules except what sounds good to you. Playlists offer you a great opportunity to be like a curator at a museum, or like a DJ who tells a story with songs. Pick a mood, theme, or idea from which to organize your playlist. Make a playlist made of songs that all have "black" in the title, or a playlist of only love songs. Be creative. Some possibilities might include: Break-up songs Monday morning songs Working songs Headphone songs Aggressive songs Trippy songs Another great way of creating a playlist is thinking about what you'll use the music for. Most music fans will want to listen to very different types of music at the gym, on a date, and when you're trying to relax at night. Create playlists and pick music that will fit each occasion. Some good occasion playlists might be: Working out Driving to work Summer barbecue Dance party Meditation or relaxation Try making a playlist in which you pick songs you listened to during your Freshman year, or that you remember hearing on the radio when you were a kid. Make a playlist of songs you always remember your dad listening to, or songs you remember hearing on your way to after-school sports practice. Pick the songs that remind you of your best friend. Making a playlist is a great way of staying in touch with the past. Try to tell a story with your playlist. How might you sum up your entirely middle school experience in ten songs? Give it a shot. Many an awkward teenager has successfully wooed a date with a tastefully curated mix of love songs, and many an amateur DJ has packed the dancefloor with a properly selected group of dance jams. Consider the points of reference, the tastes, and the opinions of the people who'll be listening to the playlist, if anyone. If it's for you, just worry about what you like! Organize playlists around getting all the songs into a certain theme or era. For instance, you might create a playlist of the Top 100 Billboard songs from 1967, or a playlist of the complete Beatles songs. If you want, you could make a huge playlist of all the records that are on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Albums of All Time list. Or make you own countdown list for fun.

summary: Start with a genre. Start with a theme. Start with an occasion. Be nostalgic. Start with an audience. Be a good organizer.

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Munching on something with fiber, healthy fat, and protein will give you long-lasting energy that can counter alcohol's tendency to raise your blood sugar. If you don't have a full meal, you should at least have a snack, such as Greek yogurt with berries, a handful of almonds, or an apple. Keep in mind that the alcohol in your drinks won't be absorbed as quickly if you drink on a full stomach. This can keep you from trashing your diet once a buzz kicks in. If you're going out for dinner, pull up the restaurant's menu online before you go out so you have time to study it and make a healthy choice that won't blow your diet. Once you have a few drinks, greasy fries, nachos, or mozzarella sticks might start sounding like just the thing you need. However, if you abandon your diet to that extent after a few drinks, you'll end up regretting it. While greasy food can help settle the stomach a little if you've had one too many, you may pay for it in the morning especially if you've maintained a healthy diet of whole foods for weeks or months. Your body isn't used to that kind of food, and may reject it. The other side of that is your body will end up storing as fat anything it doesn't recognize as food. If you go for greasy fried food after a night drinking, chances are most of it will end up around your midsection. Many bars also have plentiful snacks hanging around, such as peanuts or pretzels. Move them far enough away from you that they aren't within arm's length, or sit with your back to them. If you're out with friends and someone orders appetizers for the table, keep them out of your line of sight so you won't be tempted to take some. When you're drinking, you tend to get hungry. Keeping healthy snacks out if you're drinking at home means you'll be more inclined to reach for those than to start hunting for junk. Almonds are a good go-to snack to have around, and you can just leave a bowl of them on the table. Edamame also can make a good snack with various alcoholic drinks especially Japanese sake. If you tend to crave something salty when you drink, try organic tortilla chips with a simple avocado dip. You also can make a dip by mashing edamame. If you're going out with friends, get your food together before you leave so that when you come home you'll have a healthy, filling snack ready to go and won't raid your fridge. Before going to bed, choose a calming, high-fiber snack to get back some nutrients your body lost while you were out drinking. Hot cereal or oatmeal are good choices. Since foods with plenty of fiber take longer to digest, you won't go to bed hungry, nor will you wake up famished in the morning.

summary: Have a healthy meal or snack before you go out. Stay away from the bar food. If drinking at home, keep healthy snacks close at hand. Plan your late-night snack ahead of time.

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When you live with depression, it's important to know your own body and observe patterns in yourself. Keep track of these patterns by writing in a journal. This is beneficial for understanding how your environment has an effect on your mood, energy, health, sleep, etc. Writing in a journal can also help you understand how other people are affecting you. Journaling can also help you process your emotions and gain insight into why certain things make you feel the way you do. Journaling is a simple activity that only takes a few minutes a day. If you require more structure, search online for tips on journaling, or find a book about the journaling process. Make writing in your journal a daily habit. Even if you spend only a few minutes writing, it can help you process your emotions and gain insight into why certain things make you feel the way you do. Make it easy for yourself to jot down notes. Keep a pen and paper with you at all times, or consider using a simple note-taking application on a phone or tablet computer that you often have with you. Journaling is about getting your feelings and thoughts down on paper. Don't worry about spelling, grammar or style. This is the time to write whatever you want, rather than trying to craft the perfect message. Don't worry about what other people might think. Use your journal however you want; you can keep everything private, share some things with friends and family or your therapist, or start a public tell-all blog. It is up to you and your comfort level how you use your journal.
summary: Write in a journal. Try to write every day. Keep a pen and paper handy. Write whatever you want. Share only if you want to share.