While it may SEEM that very little is happening, there’s actually a lot bubbling beneath the surface.

Once again, I seem to be a little overwhelmed with projects. And while it’s a lot to balance all at once, they’re all exciting. They’re all wonderful. And they’re all HAPPENING.

Like, actually happening.

All at once.

Isn’t that always the way, though? We seek balance, but ultimately, life just doesn’t work that way.

While all my projects are separate and (in lots of ways) utterly distinct, they all have one thing in common. I’m having to learn to do a lot in very little.

This is something I’m not used to doing. I love my lyricisms, my metaphors, my melodies. But with these projects (three in particular), I need to be so tight, so neat, so crisp, that it’s like I’m learning how to write all over again. And I suppose I am, in a way. I’m learning how to do things differently, and this can only be a good thing.

Hello anxiety.

I’m forever trying to balance it all, work all the hours that I can, and also manage the uncertainty of it all, especially when a few of the projects are collaborations, and things can change in people’s lives, at any time. That’s life.

And generally, it’s such an uncertain industry. All creatives can do is try. Over and over again. Make beautiful things and hope that the beauty catches like a fire.

This year should decide a lot of things. Please do help me manifest it!

I feel ya, dinosaur. I feel ya.