Work is piling up. I won’t complain because life is good, and we all go through busy times, but I’m at a point where I just have to take one day at a time or I become quickly overwhelmed by all that is in front of me.
One of the hardest things is balancing the workload of stuff that I’m passionate about– stuff that really what matters to me the most– with the work that pays the bills. Enter “Shake the Dust.” I just met this morning with a great new friend, Ellen, who contacted me after seeing the video I posted a few days ago about the break-dancing documentary I’m working on. She has graciously offered to help me with grant-writing. We just met for a couple hours in Brooklyn as she poured over my original project proposal.
What did I learned today? While, a LOT. But primarily, I have my work cut out for me. However, I feel like it’s so important for me to keep running hard after the thing that I care the most about, in the midst of the piles of other work that I’m plowing through. The truth of the matter is that I really believe in “Shake the Dust” and I know I’ll get funding for it. It’s just going to take time.
On a completely unrelated note, here are a few pictures from some time I spent with some close friends at the beach last weekend when I was in California for the weekend for a wedding. As I sit here in chilly, dreary New York (don’t get me wrong, I still love you, New York), I’m already feeling nostalgic about that relaxing afternoon of surfing and conversation with good friends, my mind off of all of the work I’m flooded with.
This is lovely. I miss California sometimes. Seeing this magnified the fact that it’s becoming more removed from my life.