Venturing into my interior painting experience, I bring you this…
The point is to get the entire house painted. That’s the purpose of setting out on the journey.
But you stand back and look at the first wall you’ve painted and appreciate the success and completion of painting one wall. That looks good.
Then the whole room is finished…you stand at the door way looking in at the room you’ve completed, feel accomplished, and then close the door and on to the next. It feels great to be done with one room and now there’s more to do.
Then all the bedrooms are done, great, the the whole floor, sweet relief, then the time-sucking bathrooms are completed, then the second floor is knocked out, then the third (wow, you have a big house).
In painting its easy to see and mentally celebrate lots of moments along the way to completing the entire house. There’s visual and metal beauty to each step.
In music it is the exact opposite. Most of the time it feels like there are zero moments to celebrate in the music business.
It’s all “onto the next room” and no “look at the room I just transformed”.
I’m not saying throw a party every time you update your website or get more than ten re-tweets…but along the way while you’re in process of completing your project, stand back and look what you’ve done.
It looks great.
p.s. Celebrating takes practice.
p.p.s. On a related note…Taking a break takes even more practice. Both worth practicing and getting good at.
Don’t miss a post. Sign up for free.
I’m always interested in your perspective, whether affirming or dissenting. Continue the conversation anytime: gabethebassplayer@gmail.com