First off, I just want to manage any lofty expectations that the title of this post might have accidentally sparked. I will not be writing every day. I was just this morning thinking about the process of writing and accomplishment.
I have a friend who is constantly working on writing. This is who he is and when we wrap work for the day when we're on the road filming, he goes back to his room and writes. I, on the other hand, go back to my room and watch tv or watch stupid videos on the internet. I know, right? I rightly feel like a lump on a log, because that's about the long and short of my life on the road. This has lead to my feeling somewhat useless and that I need to accomplish something that isn't work related. I also was wondering if I had to keep a diary or a journal of what I did every day, it might actually spur me on to do something. At least that way I could say, today I... you get the idea. I have to admit, I kind of stole this idea from The Ricky Gervais podcast, which I will get into later. Basically though, the hilarious podcast features the shaved chimp with a head like a fucking orange, Karl Pilkington. Ricky and Stephen Merchant (who created the original Office series) gave Karl a diary with the instruction of filling it out every day for a year. This served as a catch all for his bizarre thoughts, but it also somewhat pushed him towards not sitting in a caf and having some tea or sitting in his flat and watching bugs, but actually doing things, every day. Since life is so short, and it is no matter how you live, one really needs to accomplish something. I actually have the goal of producing more content than I consume, but I'm not sure if that's a realistic goal.
So to this end, I began working on a music project this weekend. I really want to put together an entire album. To have a completed work and say, look at this, look at what I accomplished. That's all I want. That and to have my xbox 360 live again, but directly contradicts my goal of accomplishing... stuff. I'm sure I can find a balance.
As ofr the album, I will make it available for download when I am finished with, because it would never be something I would want to sell. I'm doing this for me.
I'm also working on: Editing a short story, writing another, working on an idea for a tv show and listening to the Adam Carolla Podcast, and the Ricky Gervais Podcast featuring Karl Pilkington and Stephen Merchant. I recommend both highly, as well as the guys behind Road Dog Radio's podcast, very funny stuff. The thing about all those projects though, is that I don't really do much work on any of them. I wouldn't count any of them as being productive until I actually finish something. Anyway, that's what's up for now.
J
