Time for a Change

Sitting in a hospital room for the fourth day, it’s natural to really take a hard look at your life and think about what’s important to you. Like spending quality time with your kids. Or doing the work you truly love to do.

A good friend sent me this clip recently, of one of his favorite shows, Rick and Morty:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tGL-buZ94Y

And for some reason it resonated with me. Like the universe sent this message to me, in the form of an Adult Swim cartoon clip. God knows stranger things have happened. I try to pay attention when I can. Life is so full of ridiculous distractions.

I apologize for my lack of updates to this blog. Yes, life happens, but I firmly believe we’re in control of our own existences. Writing and reading are very important to me. I’ve been feeling out of sorts lately, and that’s likely a big part of the reason why – I haven’t been doing either. I tend to forget myself at times, getting caught up in the ebb and flow of little things. Focusing on stuff that doesn’t really matter in a futile attempt to get ahead or at least caught up. But it never works. I always end up feeling drained and frustrated. Then in turn, the time I spend with my family isn’t quality time. Instead of being in the moment with them, my mind is somewhere else: either lost in what needs to get done or just stuck in that “off” feeling. I’m unable to experience the wonder and beauty of my children’s playfulness, their inherent ability to always seek out the fun in everything.

So I’m done jumping through hoops. I’m done wasting my energy on irrelevant tasks that don’t add to my quality of life.

I’m getting my shit together.

As always, thank you to my readers and supporters. I hope to come out with some new material soon. I’ll keep you posted on my progress.