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You are busy, period.You are involved in many things, or perhaps only a few things but they take up all your available resources.Maybe you're a young artist struggling to create and grow an audience to eventually link art and commerce in a way that allows you to do what you love and afford your living needs.Maybe you're a parent who works full-time and between ensuring your kids are taken care of and progressing positively each day and producing kick-butt results at work, there's likely little time for you to be you.Here's the thing, everyone has to give elsewhere.In other words, everyone has to give of themselves to others -- whether that's to an employer, to a fledgling following of your art, to your spouse, to your kids, parents, neighbor, etc.There's always others to give of yourself to, and you should.However, that doesn't mean that when your personal, physical and mental gas tank is running low that you shouldn't tend to yourself.In fact, it's at those times when you're feeling drained that you have to prioritize time for you to do something that energizes you. Something that's specifically for you and no one else.Doing so, will help you be better when you get back to giving of yourself to others for all the necessary reasons you do it.This is totally easier said than done. It's why you need a team around you -- your spouse, a single good friend, a parent, a teacher, your boss -- anyone you can trust enough to understand where you're at and where you want to be, and who can offer an ear to listen and accountability to where you want to be.Talk to that friend, ask them to help you build a plan to carve out more time for you to re-energize yourself to be able to go the distance.You don't want to live in extremes -- go, go, go giving of yourself to others; get to the point of nearly crashing; out of desperation carve out time to re-energize; rinse and repeat...that's exhausting and not sustainable.Build an approach that allows you to carve out regular, consistent time for re-energization (yeah, I just made up a word).If you need to start small, that's fine. Perhaps, it's an hour to yourself once a week.The point is, it becomes something you can look forward to. If you do that eventually you'll build a positive routine of giving of yourself with a regular counter to that of re-enrgizing yourself.Then you will build an ability to not only go the distance, but to dominate along the way.Thank you for your time and attention. Nick Venturella nickventurella.comgrowloop.comnickvmusic.net