Erasure
May 24, 2009 sojourn
Seems like eons since the peaceful refuge of holiday just over a week ago. Happily, I came home determined to avoid getting back into dead-end ruts that often squeeze the life out my creativity. Catching up at work after time away is always quirky and challenging, but things went pretty well, and I was also able to reset myself at home, too.
What was different?
Before heading out for vacation I built a new personal dashboard into a mind map to help me be ready to get things done (GTD) upon return, and by Friday night I was ready for a productive weekend. Cool thing is when stuff I consider important gets done, time for unplanned, yet valuable efforts sprouts from these seeds of planning.
This weekend a few new CDs crossed my path, so I’ve been listening to a lot of different styles, including Bon Iver, Jason Mraz and The Country Way (Vol. 2), the latter delivered with this month’s American Songwriter. I also had time for Austin City Limits, and catching up on reading articles I’d dog-eared in magazines or online as well as tweak a couple of songs that are now ready for home demo.
The activities of the last 48 or so hours erased last week’s smog and brought about a little clarity — I’m not looking back.
Tags: DIY, GTD, mind mapping
May 25th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
This morning I was listening to your songs on the Muse page, and wanted to tell you that I really like your voice. I don’t know if I’ve ever told you that or not. You seriously need to keep writing and get your songs on a CD. We would love to see you start playing your music live by the end of the year (no pressure, right). Keep pushing yourself, because you are really talented.