2019: a year in review

2019 was the greatest year of my life so far. It contained so many brilliant life lessons, gifts, and unexpected moments; I would be remiss not to talk about some of the most significant things from the past year that influenced my life.

To continue the tradition I started a year ago, here is the second collection of top 5 review lists to be added to my annual archive. Similarly to last year, the following lists will not include items based on a professional critique (i.e. the songs/movies/etc. with the most celebrated artistic or production merit). Instead, items on the list because of how significantly they influenced my life this past year. It is also worth mentioning that the lists do not reflect any particular order, aside from the first bolded entry which I put extra emphasis on.

Without any further ado, here is my collection of ‘top 5 lists of 2019’. I do hope you enjoy reading through them.

Music — Albums

These five albums released in 2019 have been played on repeat continuously all year, and I still play them heavily today as I write this in 2020. Here the top 5 most influential albums I listened to in 2019:

• Wasteland Baby by Hozier [Favourite Track: Would That I]
• i,i by Bon Iver [Favourite track: iMi]
• Assume Form by James Blake [Favourite…