I must confess I’ve have a real issue with procrastination, or at least I have struggled with it over the years. When I need to get stuff done, I find every excuse in the book to do something else. Sometimes even something else that’s a lot harder than the thing I’m trying to put off! Like when I’d get an assignment in college to read chapter 5 I’d read chapters one through four and then from six on to the end, all in an attempt to put of reading stupid chapter five. But, that’s largely in the past now. Over the years I’ve had periods of decent productivity along with times where I feel as though I got next to nothing accomplished, but I suppose that’s fairly typical. These days, I get highly motivated to get stuff accomplished, like blogging for example, and I go all out but then tend to burn myself out after a while. There has to be a middle ground somewhere.
This has not been true in all of my endeavors, though. Particularly when it comes to music and drumming, I’ve got a great work ethic and I have no problem practicing and preparing for as long as it takes to get stuff right. Which, I suppose, is a good indication that that’s what I should be focusing on, since I love it so much I have endless amounts of energy and drive to apply to it. Recently my energy has been far greater than before in other areas as well, and I’ve managed to get some stuff done including several music projects, a short (micro fiction) story, and some blogging along the way as well. Plus I’m setting up several websites at the moment, and I managed to crash a couple of them after having the keys for less than 24 hours! Oops.
I’ve also gotten some of my other music down on paper, mostly just rough stuff on cheap software that isn’t at all ready for prime time although there is one piano piece I’m reasonably pleased with. I’m realizing day by day that all the projects I want to take on creatively will most likely require some collaboration, so my next objective as a recent non-procrastinator will have to be getting in touch with musicians and creative-types in an effort to bring my projects to life and take them to that next level.
In the meantime, music aside, one thing I can and have been able to do on my own is write. And I’ve been doing quite a lot of writing. I’m attempting to write at least 2,000 words a day (advice I read from none other than the grand master of horror and pop culture, Stephen King), although a lot of it is just brainstorming/stream of consciousness kind of stuff. I have managed to get a few stories off the ground, or onto the launch pad at least, and I’m in the beginning stages of actually making notes and developing a timeline for a novel I’m tentatively referring to as “the Preservation Project”, hopefully that will continue to become a reality. It’s a techno-thriller kinda piece, although when I think about my work it’s hard for me to consider what genre or area of expertise my writing falls under. I suppose that will all work itself out when I get more finished work under my belt.
In short, the would-be procrastinator vows to improve. Now that I’m writing this blog I’ve sort of put myself out there because people will actually be aware of the fact that I’m trying to get some creative efforts off the ground, and at some point people might expect to see some results. Or at least they might lose interest and stop reading my blog lol. I’ll use that as motivation for keeping up the effort and coming up with something hopefully decent to share with everyone. When that happens, you’ll most definitely be hearing about it here.

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