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Where Ever You Are, Start Today

March 05, 2017

I've been feeling overwhelmed lately with life and work -- perhaps I have a bit of seasonal affective disorder -- just down because of the weather.For whatever reason, I've been in a funk that I haven't been able to shake. Can you relate to this?Everyday has just felt like it's taken every bit of mental and physical energy I have, and I'm not sure exactly why.However, I know I have to do something about it, and if you're feeling similarly, you do too.That's why it's important to carve out whatever time you can to do something that energizes you -- whether you can spare 5 minutes or an entire hour, it doesn't matter the length of time.I once read something by Chris Brogan about Day One. The idea is that whenever you get stuck, or off track of your progress toward your goals, just pretend it's Day One, and take as much action as you can to simply get started that day.I've been busy with life and raising a family over the last several years that I haven't been as active as a musician as I want to be. This makes me sad because musical expression is such a part of me and how I channel my emotions to help sort them out and make sense of the world.Don't get me wrong raising my family with my wife is and always will be priority number 1, but before kids you have one  sense of yourself, and after kids you discover that you have to become something new.That's not bad at all, it's just different, and that process of reinvention can be confusing.In my mind the vision is to take the best parts of who I was prior to kids and add that to the best dad I can be to create a new sense of myself that is holistically better than just me before kids or just me after kids.Am I crazy or do you feel this way too. Hit reply and let me know.I believe I'm better now because of my kids, but I'm at a point where I think it makes sense to bring forward some of the best parts of me from my life before kids, and with that I'm at Day One engaging in playing some music for a bit today to energize my spirit.I'm realizing that doing so makes me feel better about myself and in turn helps me be a better example for my kids.I'm so far from having it figured out, but when it's Day One, you don't have to have it all figured out.Have a great week!