Feeling Accomplished!

Today, March 1st! It's easy to get a little worried that the year is slipping away too fast and truthfully it feels that way sometimes. I think of all the things I want to accomplish and start measuring myself by what someone else is doing and quickly feel depressed. It's not the way to go my friend! So, I've decided to not relax my standards but instead celebrate each little victory knowing that persistence is the name of the game.

This February, I once again participated in February Album Writing Month. It's a songwriting challenge to write 14 songs in 28 days. I'm not a hired gun songwriter churning out songs every day/week. I admire those folks but that's not me. Over the years that I've taken the challenge, I've found myself faced with many obstacles including deaths in the family, illness, being out of the country etc... Yet, somehow I manage to meet the goal. This year I actually finished a few days early and realized that I am able to do this because I really want it. No one is judging me or checking up to see whether I get it done. It's me! I want it, I go after it. I get up early and stay up late.I keep my mind and my notebook open. I try new chords, new progressions and even new styles and instruments all in the quest to be able to say: I DID IT!!!!!   As I face the rest of the year, I'm determined to follow every goal that way! Fueled by a personal passion that drives me to sacrifice with the end result being a good pat on my own back. Everything else is gravy as they say.

Two months into this new year, what are you working toward? It's not too late to set a goal and then make it happen. I'm a realistic dreamer. Enough of a realist to know there will be challenges; but enough of a dreamer to believe in the possibilities. Happy dreaming! Go out and make it happen!

Sabrina
 

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