Thankful: A New Era
When I sit down to write something for my blog, I'm usually inspired by something deeper. I'm usually inspired to write something that will hopefully move people on a grand scale. But today, I'm writing about something that is entirely focused on my own personal enjoyment, and I'm going to be just a little bit childish about it.
It's the dawn of a new era! I finally have a new computer. Six months ago, I dismantled and recycled my almost-six-year-old machine, because six months before that, it had begun to completely fail. Even before that, I was unable to make music on it. It was a depressing and trying time. The good news is I progressed in other areas of my life, learned a lot and grew a lot, and now I'm ready to dive back in.
I'm not interested so much in new music in my head, but I'm extremely interested in renewing the old music. I've written so many songs over the years, and I'm so anxious to revisit them and rekindle those emotions, to give them new life and meaning. And I don't want to focus on being successful. I just want to have fun. I want to put everything I love about music into the music I create.
There is no feeling that compares to putting every bit of passion into what you love doing, and putting it out there for anyone and everyone to experience. It's the most exhilarating, enlivening, unnerving and freakiest thing ever, and I love every bit of it. I'm still just as big a dreamer as I was at thirteen, and I intend to stay this way. I intend to keep reaching higher than people think I should, to strive for things that don't seem like they make much sense, to take the long way because it's more fun, and to do what I love doing.
I'm so thankful I get to do this again! Thank you to my husband for helping me get this new machine, for encouraging and convincing me to get it, despite the fact that there are so many other things we could have spent the money on that made much more logical sense. He knows (almost better than I do): I will sleep better at night, and I will be even happier if I can let my creative juices run wild. If I'm extremely antisocial for a while, it's only because I'm totally immersed in melody for the next few months.
Keep an ear out for the sunshiny songs a little later.
It's the dawn of a new era! I finally have a new computer. Six months ago, I dismantled and recycled my almost-six-year-old machine, because six months before that, it had begun to completely fail. Even before that, I was unable to make music on it. It was a depressing and trying time. The good news is I progressed in other areas of my life, learned a lot and grew a lot, and now I'm ready to dive back in.
I'm not interested so much in new music in my head, but I'm extremely interested in renewing the old music. I've written so many songs over the years, and I'm so anxious to revisit them and rekindle those emotions, to give them new life and meaning. And I don't want to focus on being successful. I just want to have fun. I want to put everything I love about music into the music I create.
There is no feeling that compares to putting every bit of passion into what you love doing, and putting it out there for anyone and everyone to experience. It's the most exhilarating, enlivening, unnerving and freakiest thing ever, and I love every bit of it. I'm still just as big a dreamer as I was at thirteen, and I intend to stay this way. I intend to keep reaching higher than people think I should, to strive for things that don't seem like they make much sense, to take the long way because it's more fun, and to do what I love doing.
I'm so thankful I get to do this again! Thank you to my husband for helping me get this new machine, for encouraging and convincing me to get it, despite the fact that there are so many other things we could have spent the money on that made much more logical sense. He knows (almost better than I do): I will sleep better at night, and I will be even happier if I can let my creative juices run wild. If I'm extremely antisocial for a while, it's only because I'm totally immersed in melody for the next few months.
Keep an ear out for the sunshiny songs a little later.
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