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The word of the day is “balance”. Balance means that you spend an adequate amount of time each day doing the things that you need to do. For me this week, I’m learning how to live a more “balance-centered” life. Writing music every day. Practicing music every day. Spending time on the things that matter most – every day.

What matters most to you? And what do you wish you had more time to do? Let’s challenge each other to make changes in our daily habits to better prioritize our terrestrial existence. Let me know how *I* can help *you*.

This afternoon, I gave two, short presentations of classes of students at Norton Creek Elementary School, in West Chicago, IL. The presentations were a part of the school’s segment on “Writing in the Real World”. Obviously, I spoke to them about songwriting and lyric-writing. I then had an opportunity to perform a couple of songs for them all. It was an awesome experience.

First of all, any chance I get to perform, I take it. I just plain love it.

Secondly, speaking to these students reminded me about why I write, why I perform, and why I pursue a career where people on the outside think that I’m crazy. I was born to write music, born to create it, and *have* to make it. To not act on these most-basic of passions is to act contrary to how I was hard-wired to live. Writing, to me, is as vital as breathing. Whether it makes me any money in the end is of no consequence – or relevance.

I love writing music, and performing and recording it.