Every year I set out to achieve audacious goals. Sometimes I even succeed.
Setting goals has felt especially foolish these past couple of years, but goals continue to set me on good paths – even if they don’t lead where I thought. Charting a path and reflecting on where I wind up reminds me that not all change is bad and there are still good surprises, even in these strange days.
The following is an excerpt from a guest post I wrote for my friend Jordan Majeau’s hopeful and inspiring blog. It’s been a rough couple of years for music makers. We used to invest our savings to make our songs sound good enough burn or etch forever onto CDs or records. Thousands upon thousands of …
Whether you are diving back into the wide world or tip-toeing towards normalcy, please be kind to yourself and others.
Here are some good things I’ve found in the past weeks to help with reemerging.
I want to tell you something and I’m not sure what to call it. It feels like a poem but I’m fairly sure it isn’t. It’s not a song, either. At least not yet. Let’s call this an account. An account of what the backyard trees showed just now.
“Please know you deserve to be loved” From Trying To Be Free Words have power. When my self-doubt has me stuck as a ship across the Suez Canal, the words of a friend – even the encouragement of a stranger – can free me. In the days since my new single came out I’ve received a lot …
For the past several years I’ve taken time in January to set goals, only to fall short as the year progresses. Still, where I’ve failed I’ve learned, and where I’ve fallen short I’ve moved forward further than had I not had a target in sight. Then again, most of those years did not include a …