where i try slowing down

two weeks since my last post and i finally find the time to sit and write down my thoughts. honestly, it’s been absolute chaos. one minute it’s november – surprised that i’m again celebrating another birthday – and next, it’s well into december, with christmas only a few weeks away. it’s madness.

in any case, so much of what i’ve been doing lately is just that. doing. with hardly any time for introspection or even the most momentary of reflection, the result has been a dire stretch of writer’s block. seriously, can someone come and pimp their muse over my way?

driving to the studio early sunday morning for another day of filming, i heard on the radio a body+soul expert talk about the practice of “slowing down”. it sounds a lot like new-age bs, and on the surface it does seem that way, but the concept is not without merit. the practice involves consciously slowing things down not only in the way one acts, moves and speaks, but also in the way one thinks. it’s the mental equivalent of a holiday... or the childhood equivalent of the time-out. either way, it's meant to prevent the likelihood of a burn-out. and that’s what really hit home for me.

i’ve been doing way too much of everything that i’ve barely had any time to think, let alone to just be. i feel i’m inching ever so closely to that, to fizzling out, that even the tiniest hint of inspiration has been eluding me. it’s been frustrating to say the least.

my point? you know what, i really don’t know if i even have one, nor i feel like a should. i guess i’m just glad that i’ve finally had the time to sit and update... and have back a small semblance of cohesive thought. it’s a start – and hopefully something that’ll last.