Composition

I was recently with my roommate at Guitar Center so he could get his strings restrung. While he waited in line I took notice of a full-scale electric piano just a short distance away. As I began tinkering in a minor key I got inspiration for a new song (I love minor keys! Don't know what it is, I'm not a dark person, but the tones feel good).

As my fingers pounded out their heart-stirring speech, my roommate returned in time to film the piece using my outdated iPhone. On our drive to Red Robin later that evening I plugged my cellular device into my car's auxiliary system and we listened to the jam once more.

Creation is fun when it's not forced.

Whenever I feel pressured to write a paper for school I don't feel like it's my best work, and then when I do writing for a book or blog, well... I'm choosing to do it so everything flows!

It's good to find hobbies that are productive, especially in today's society. A LOT of people are like sheep, constantly taking in media yet not creating anything. The masses line-up and observe... no... devour the delicacies of TV, music, and games, sometimes for hours at a time.

We wonder why so many people struggle with anxiety, depression, laziness. Could it possibly be due to the fact that we "have everything we need" and therefore resort to sloth?

I can be the first person to say this lifestyle is equally pleasant as painful. For years I was a consumer, my waking desire to eat, play, and binge on anime.

The struggle I think is balance, as mentioned last week, it's not a concept that many practice. You have consumers and producers, but what would it be like to do both? Do such people exist, those who love creating equally as they do enjoying such creations? I've been working at this in my own life by finding the things I like to DO for society.

I'm preparing to stream games on Twitch, alongside my novels, website, and other creative projects. It's taken me 22 years but I know what brings my joy and how I can use that in a productive way.

Of course, the main career for me I think is to be a therapist of some kind, I'd hate to see my two degrees in Psychology and Counseling go to waste. But God will reveal to me which actions to take, I have faith.

Well, need to work on some homework as the semester begins to wrap up. Then maybe I'll play some games tonight :)