Wednesday 6 January 2010

New Year Resolutions always get sticky a few days in. I spent most of last year working for other people: it was all on fun projects (I only did jobs I really wanted to do), but by the end of the year the pile of undone ConCal projects and other stuff of my own had reached a critical mass. So I decided that I'd spend the first few months of this year not working for other people. And only a day and a bit in, I'm reminded of just how much time and energy is spent generating even a small amount of momentum in any group undertaking. The joy of just showing up and playing, like at Sushil's session on Monday, suddenly seems very welcome. And working on my own stuff, I don't get paid as much.

But while at my desk today I fitted in a quite fortuitous conversation about repertoire with Suzie, I've dipped my toe into Google Docs for the first time, I've watched the foxes going about their business in the snow outside, and I've listened to The Who's first three albums (and a bit of Radio 3 for the first time in ages). Still furthering my musical education.