Save the skips for playlists. If it's an album, put it on and just go with it. One of life's simple but reliable delights is when a tune that at first seemed unremarkable clicks after the tenth, fifteenth, twentieth time hearing it. A song that was an unbearable bore reveals redeeming qualities upon repeated (if begrudging) listens and suddenly starts to make sense. You'll always know which numbers in the tracklist are your very favorites, but let them arrive in their own time. Life is not too short to take pleasure in a song that's just okay even when an all-time banger is one press of the Forward button away. Consider it a low stakes exercise in delayed gratification if you'd like.
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