Easing into center

After three weeks away and 16 shows played, I began my return to routine. 

I’d been waving at it from afar, calling it near.

I pushed myself to stay productive while away: I wrote a short story in the van, sent my newsletter out on time, and did research on topics I want to write about.

Yet somehow I still felt behind. 

Once home, my first instinct was to overcompensate for the time away. But I had a cold, a pain in my knee, and I needed to sleep. I shut off the voice asking me to power through. 

Not for good, but for now.

I am trying to build a living sustained by creation and ideas. This goal requires the patience to play the long-game, and trust that everything will work out. 

So this first week back, while I was eager to dive headfirst into exercise, proper sleep, mediation, and longer writing sessions,  I instead eased in limb by limb.

I did not track anything this week. On purpose.

In Winnipeg.