I’ve been feeling frustrated this morning. I’m learning the outward signs of my frustration include low grade anxiety accompanied by berating myself and procrastination. (I honed in on this by doing a Daily Mood Log from Dr. David Burns). This morning my procrastination took the form of cracking open my notes to Daniel Coyle’s “Little … Continue reading Rebranding Frustration

I’ve been stuck a lot lately with the thought; “I should be writing everyday.” What I tend to do, is procrastinate everyday. I like to ride the bus to Kickstand Café with the intention of writing and then manufacture flashcards in Greek for two and half hours. Then, if I have the day off, I … Continue reading I Should be Writing Everyday.

I call the challenge I periodically run the Fearless Songwriting Challenge. I named it the Fearless Challenge because calling it the “Write Seven Songs in Seven Days Challenge” lacked a certain verve.   But Fearless?    People who hear about the challenge say; "I’m not Fearless."  And, "who wants to be fearless anyway?" It's true!  … Continue reading But Fearless?   

It’s a grey rainy day.  My habit the last little bit has been to wake up, study a little Greek, play some guitar, read the news.  Pretty much do anything to amuse and distract myself before leaving for work. Not so say that none learning Greek or playing guitar are a waste of my time … Continue reading List Ten Things, (and Go to Eleven).