You’ve got a lot of monotonous tasks on the horizon. It’s hard to even think about tiresome activities like raking leaves, wrapping presents, and cooking that time-suck of a holiday meal when all you want to do is relax over the holiday season. Monotony breeds boredom…unless you do something about it. Consider the following playlist containing 40 of my favorite songs released over the past three months as an entryway to spicing up those tiresome chores with a healthy dose of musical stimulation and fun. As always, the songs are in no particular order with a limit of one song per artist. Enjoy!