Of all the ideas anyone’s ever heard me talk about — or any I’ve actually executed — please know there are infinitely more you haven’t.
Some are gone. Forgotten. If I didn’t jot them down, if they’re not in some notebook or on a scrap of paper in a folder, they’re probably gone forever.
And honestly? That’s okay.
Some ideas weren’t mine to have. They belong to someone else. Some just aren’t meant to be. Others are shelved, on the back burner, or simply waiting for the right time.
I want to write music again. I’ve written music before and I’ll get back to it — but the time isn’t now. My mind is too busy and that’s not the outlet I need right now. I know that. And I’m at peace with it.
There are business ideas I think are great that I just haven’t gotten to yet. Because one only has so much time. We have limited time. And so you have to decide: when will I get to this? And if you don’t, then you don’t.
As long as you’re doing something. As long as you’re being creative. As long as you’re building something. You just can’t do it all.
The reason I don’t act sooner is because the time wasn’t right. There’s always been something. And more than that, I have a life outside of my work — my partner Carrie, my children, my family. I don’t want to be the mad scientist holed up in my lab, doing work all the time with no relationships outside of it.
Having space, time, and presence with the people I love is as important to me as any idea I’ve ever had.
Now I’m an empty nester. I have a little more time. And rather than just fill it up with more “me things,” I’m focused on balance. Because balance matters. I don’t want to be alone.
So here’s what I’ve learned about holding on: if I find myself clinging to something, I have to ask myself — am I holding on because I’m afraid I’ll lose it? Or am I holding on because I’m supposed to be doing something with it?
It should be more fluid than that. There should be flow. Like water.
Not clinging. Just letting the creativity happen.
And when I’m not sure? I put it before God. And God makes it really clear — what, when, how, why. All the W’s.
I’m listening.
Peace, Love & Gigs.