Leading up to the "big move" for my business I was really in a daze. And part of my therapy was figuring it out. Now though, with some hindsight I'm quite happy about a few things (despite my boss bringing them up on occasion). One of them is that I've really made my peace as far as no longer being a recording engineer, and all the shit that went along with it. Recently a friend (former client) hooked me up with another possible recording session. In the end the session isn't going to happen. I'm actually quite thankful, as I found my anxiety starting to increase because of the possibility of it. Which leads me to believe that I am officially over it.
and that's a good thing.
While I haven't been doing as many creative things in the evening, I am spending a bit more time working on myself. I'm trying not to be hard on myself because I didn't: Draw a map, write stuff, etc. What has been giving me purpose is slowly working on ideas for my isle of dread campaign. And honestly that's enough.
Eventually get my shit together and put some new toadstools stuff out. As it stands I've got about 10 projects that are slowly being written. I've decided to attempt to complete a "first draft" on a project, before doing any kind of editing. Basically writing diarrhea.
Grand scheme of things I am doing a lot better than I was. I've been telling people instead of having a "Mid life crisis" I decided to have a "mid life depression". (Honestly not as much fun as buying a corvette!).
As a sorta side note, I'm going to start working on a guitar rebuild repair project. I'm probably going to create a blog that will have updates to the process, pics etc. So if you are interested, I'll toss the link up here when I finally get started. I'm currently sourcing parts for the project.
You’re very brave. It’s good.
ReplyDeleteThank you Scott! I appreciate it. (I sent you an email as well). Now if i can only figure out how to get a darn corvette lol!
DeleteI find that since G+ died, I've been in something of a creative funk, in terms of RPG stuff. MeWe is mediocre and maybe okay, but for some reason it doesn't hit my sweet spot.
ReplyDeleteStrangely, I've been playing a lot of guitar, not to get better or anything but simply to enjoy the terrible sounds I make. Distortion pedal cranked WAAAAY up and percussive strumming makes me feel good, and you know what? It's a good feeling.
There is something about pluggin and crankin it up that makes you feel amazing! I agree about the death of G+ and mewe, however I am finding that I'm slowly getting in to my own little world of writing. While G+ was a hot bed for getting creative juices flowing, it also made me doubt myself often. What i'm finding is that existing in a vacuum is actually helping me to write more. Although there is less inspirational spark. So a trade off i suppose.
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