Lately, I have not been able to post here as often. I have little time to be creative. Still, creativity is always calling.
Recently, I took a job delivering mail for the USPS. I’m not loving it, but I don’t absolutely hate it either. I’m still on my 90-day probationary period. My biggest problem is that the job takes up too much time for regular creative work. And I’m told that it will only get worse.
My music and my writing are both basically on hold, indefinitely. I’ve still been writing some poetry and song lyrics. And I have been playing the guitar a few hours a week. But that’s about all I have time for right now. Still, there’s a problem. I can’t go on like this forever. I need to be creative. It’s in my blood. It’s who I am.
I’m not sure what the answer is. I have a lot of irons in the fire right now, a lot of options. I’m at a point in life where I could probably get away without working such a demanding job as the USPS. However, the money is there and I’m still only 61 years old.
I can’t get access to my retirement fund until I stop teaching for Yakima Valley College. And I don’t want to do that yet. They still offer medical benefits. I have another year before I could collect social security benefits. But I also have some other possibilities in the academic world. One thing is for certain. An academic job allows me much more flexibility and freedom to be creative.
Creativity is calling. It’s always calling. I’m itching to perform music. I want to get back to creating ambient compositions as Anderhill. I’d like to buy a decent camera and do some photography.
I don’t know exactly what will happen in the near future. But I feel another restart coming. That’s how this website started. It was a restart of many previous creative ventures. – dse
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