Intermission (Cabo)

Hello readers. I write to you from Cabo. Taking an intermission.

Cabo has been nice. We have a balcony and a nice hammock where I can watch the sun go down every night.

It’s been a good opportunity to disconnect as much as I can outside of work and spend some time reflecting.

One big thought I had is this: as I get older it’s harder to stay in the moment. Too many distractions. All the social media. Plugging away at my job. No wonder people snap and have mid year crises.

It’s so easy to go through the motions of life without absorbing it. Reminds me of this line from Our Town (play where the main character has died and she goes back to a random memory from the life she lived):

EMILY: "Does anyone ever realize life while they live it...every, every minute?"

STAGE MANAGER: "No. Saints and poets maybe...they do some.

Pretty interesting that even back then before internet and tv people felt like this. Our generation is playing on hard mode

Anyways I wanna focus on that in the new year. Figure out a way to prioritize what matters and shed all the unnecessary so I don’t miss out on the important stuff. Some priorities:

• health

• disconnect as much as possible

• family/friends

• publish music

life is a great big juggling act where you have to balance more things as time goes on. Time to clown down my friends.

another thought: how much have I changed from the pandemic/what am I still reeling from? I think I started watching a lot of tv and eating more edibles to stave off the boredom and loneliness and I’m still kinda stuck in some of that routine. Not so much the edibles but a loooooot of tv.

Ending on a happy note here’s a nice picture of the sunset