Splitting Time (A little easier than splitting an atom)

If this were bowling I’d get a 7/10 split

If anyone is keeping up with my blogs, good for you, might be better at it than I have been lately. Sorry that it’s been a little if you are. I’ve been traveling again and have just felt out of sorts a little lately with all the back and forth as well as some new orders and things weighing me down slightly. I will try my best to keep this light hearted, because overall life’s still great, I’m still in great company wherever I go and things are always looking up.

So. The first thing on my mind today is how little creative stuff I’ve done since I got off the film about two-three weeks ago. I feel like I got a little comfortable and settled a bit with my expectations. I want to keep pushing myself, traveling more to places I haven’t been before, and keep exciting myself over the little stuff like finding a new coffee bar I like. I love everyone I’m around whether It’s California or Nevada or like right now Boise Idaho. I mean nothing against anyone because I genuinely love everywhere I’ve been hanging around and all of the connections I have. I even get sad leaving wherever I’m at no matter if it’s for the weekend or a couple months. I think this shows I had great experiences there. I will mention if there’s bad experiences though, trust me.

This brings me to continuing to travel. As much as I love being in the company of great friends and loved ones I think it’s important for myself to keep moving and never get overly comfortable in one area to keep my creativity challenged. Sometimes I’ll have to plant roots for a month or two and make it my work base to crank down and get more done, but I don’t think that I’d be completely content with my projects if I stay in one area. It’s not all location, it’s more my mindset when I get stuck in one area is happy and doesn’t feel like I need to reach out for anything more at the moment. This is great and all, but I have some lofty goals and I want to push my zone a bit further as often as I can.

I guess this blog post is more reasoning why I like traveling around to create more than making one permanent office in only one location. It makes me struggle in good and bad ways, but overall I feel that there’s a whole lot out there I’m not seeing if I just stay in one place. With that, I’d love for more people to join me on trips and get some fun experiences with me! If I know you then reach out and lets plan a writer’s retreat, or a photography adventure! I want to connect with more people and get some fun road trips in the works. If I don’t know you it’s still great to shoot me an email and see what I’m up to! Let’s connect and collaborate on something fun. I’m mentioning this whole creative traveling mindset of mind because maybe you also struggle with making up new projects if you’re in the same routine. If that’s the case then I encourage you to travel, with friends or alone, and make new experiences for yourself wherever you go. There’s one big world out there and it’s not going to explore itself.

In project news I think I need to push myself. I just got asked to be a part of a great artisan shop in Gardnerville Nevada with some other great artisans. I will be putting a lot more time into wood burning for now to prepare for their opening on November 1st. I’m still about to wrap up my projects with the elementary school, so you’ll probably find me either at Form&Function in Boise or at DST in Nevada this next week for a good amount of my non-woodburning time. I also am saying this so that maybe one of you will hold me accountable like last time.

I am going to start my youtube channel November 1st.

It’s lofty with all the projects I have going on, but there’s no better time to start than now. I’ve got to much I want to accomplish before the New Years that I now realize I have to get this started. Thank you for reading this, remember you are who you are and go create something today.