Lesson #6

Always listen to the music from your childhood.
Face it, life was better when you were eight.
Now, I tend to do this on a regular basis; there's a club in Bristol that on Saturday nights only plays cheesy pop music, one hit wonders and blasts from the past. It sounds ridiculous I know, but there is nothing more certified to cheer you up than a few number ones from when you were six.
I can remember dancing to these tunes at my year five disco before chugging a Panda Pop and wondering why Jamie Shepherd refused to talk to me after I just kneed him in the balls. (I was nine, I didn't know any better...) Life was good back then, and easy and carefree. And singing along to Enrique and S Club bring back all those wonderful feelings.
Yes, you may look like a moron singing into your hairbrush and bopping around like a lunatic on a full moon, but who cares?! You can't deny that amazing sense of excitement when Five or Shania Twain comes on the radio and you feel that buzzing sensation in your legs wuch just screams 'Time To Dance!' There's nothing quite like it.
Which is why I advise it on a monthly, if not daily, basis!
Listen to the songs that made you smile when you were a kid, they'll probably make you smile twice as hard now you're an adult and know how crap the world is. Just let loose, cut loose, footloose! Have a sing-a-long and dance like no one's watching you, go to karaoke nights and wail like Avril Lavigne,just go crazy! At the end of the day no one will really care, you'll most likely put everone else in a stella mood as well! You're never gonna see these people ever again in your life, so what if they laugh at you?! And if they're your friends, then they'll join in too: in the words of Posh, Scary, Sporty, Ginger and Baby Spice 'Friendship Never Ends!' They'll love you no matter what!
So do it, go and find the first CD you ever bought, and take pleasure in knowing that Steps will always be there for you 'After The Love Has Gone'. You might as well face it, life was beter when you were eight.