Every year at Christmas time, I get a break... a little time to get out of Los Angeles and take a deep breath and just enjoy the place I once called home - Georgia. This year it has been special - as it often has...but this year especially so. I haven't been running around having the same conversations with 50 different people about how I've gotta stay positive, and keep grinding, etc. I haven't been worried about how I'll pay rent for the next year. I haven't been trying to tell myself that it's worth it to keep after this career, even when there's been so little going right. No, this year I get to relax. 2012 has been an amazing year for me, full of growth, and successes, and excitement. I've been very fortunate.
So this year, I've been able to fully relax while at home. I've rarely left the lakehouse. I've seen my family and a few friends. I've been to the little burger store I grew up going to. I've even been to Church. It's been a nice break from the often harsh reality of Los Angeles. It's given me the one thing I really don't seem to ever find enough of back in California - time. I've been writing. I've found new ideas for songs. I've found new inspirations. I find that when I'm working away in LA, I often don't take time to just sit and breathe in life.
Those quiet moments are when things come clear. It's been wonderful to take it all in.
Tomorrow, I will return to the faster pace of life. I will jump back into the race of "making something of myself," but I will do so refreshed and energized, with a slightly different perspective than I had when I took off from LAX seven days ago. I'm looking forward to the coming year - the challenges and the excitement and all that it brings.
YEAHCOMEON
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