Arena.

I have a song being mixed, nearly mastered, and I think it's too slow. How do I tell my producer this without him throwing something at me?

I have a crush on Brené Brown - latest contribution to my continued fandom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-JXOnFOXQk

A quote to end all quotes by Theodore Roosevelt - “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” 

'Top sheets' cannot be found/bought in the EU (the sheet that goes between you and the duvet). Just getting used to life with a top sheet again. 

I really want to be on Grand Designs one day. Then open that house up as a retreat centre for songwriters/painters/designers/authors etc. 

I'm challenged by the idea of minimalism in my wardrobe - 32 garments. I'm doing a big cull this weekend.

I've been to ikea 6 times this month, which is practically all the exercise I need to do. 

I'm the new Creative Director of a church, and it's a mammoth job that feels overwhelming and incredibly exciting simultaneously. 

I'm enrolling in a ceramics class, I just want to do ALL of the things. I'm embracing a novice mindset this year, I'm sick of sticking to just music when I'm passionate about so many other areas of creativity. 

Most days I feel as if I'm never going to get this EP released. It's hard waiting on other people, learning the art of dependancy when I like control. I feel the pull towards perfection, and want to abort the whole project if the work is anything but that. The process is killing me, and it will take all I have to take heart, show up, be courageous in my pursuit to share this work.

But I want to be in the arena.