Speed bumps
I woke up at 4 am and really wanted to record but the neighbors were surely sleeping and the walls are thin so I had no choice but to wait. I brainstormed some ideas for an hour and caught up with yesterday's big news and fell back to sleep at 7.
Woke up at 11 and with a new idea, I got straight to recording. The new idea proved too difficult to record without preparation though. Turns out the new tempo I want for this old song is really hard to match to the vocals. It will sound wonderful though so I am set on it. But it means I can't record this song until I'm really comfortable with the new tempo. It might take a week or two.
So I stretched and headed out to the tiny bookstore across the city that has interesting people and edited a chapter from my novel on the way. I'm just about half finished with the first draft.
As I arrived my back started tightening up again. Creating is not hard when I can take break to stretch and breath, but 2 or 3 out of 4 (writing, music, socializing, and work) are still a challenge in one day.
I just gotta keep going when it feels good though. There are too many ideas for stories and songs and I feel good to create, so I'll create as much as I can. I love this focus!
There's nothing worse than having a great idea right when everybody's asleep! We got a noise complaint the other day for jamming too late on the drums and amplified guitar, lol, what can you do. Sometimes the neighbors just gotta deal with it -- we live in a city!
It'd be nice if we felt comfortable enough with our neighbors to talk about it and figure out a compromise. Calling the cops is really unnatural and uncomfortable and all too common.
I wouldn't be able to play here after 10 pm and if someone complained I'd understand. I just don't understand why people don't ring the doorbell the first time.
Yeah I agree open communication is always better. I was pissed cuz when the neighbors left a note, they didn't leave a phone number so I couldnt be sure which neighbor it was. I woulda called them if I was able
Any day you can get stuff done is a good day 🙃
Chilling is also getting stuff done because it’s good for your brain 😆
Posted using Partiko iOS
It's not about getting stuff done, it's about the actual doing ;>)
I know you know this but I just felt like saying it, haha
I second the second sentence about chilling.
Not doing anything is often a better choice than we think.
Agreed! Today is going to be a chilling day and honestly I want tomorrow to be a chilling day too but i have friends visiting....
You can chill with friends :D
To listen to the audio version of this article click on the play image.
Brought to you by @tts. If you find it useful please consider upvoting this reply.
Yes my friend
Keep going when it feels good.
That's what it's all about :>)
Well I hit my first big wall today but I'm going to blast through it!
Hi @whatamidoing!
Your post was upvoted by @steem-ua, new Steem dApp, using UserAuthority for algorithmic post curation!
Your UA account score is currently 5.034 which ranks you at #1102 across all Steem accounts.
Your rank has improved 3 places in the last three days (old rank 1105).
In our last Algorithmic Curation Round, consisting of 195 contributions, your post is ranked at #50.
Evaluation of your UA score:
Feel free to join our @steem-ua Discord server