Hello all once again in Snowball-Land where we don’t need a government bailout. 

Things are moving into place lately in my life that are not only life changing, but possibly career changing.  I have always had a passion for being creative, and working in media.  I know that is my long-term goal, but situations have changed that I didn’t expect.  I originally thought this was a bad thing, however with the help of a really good friend, I have learned to take what I thought was a bad thing, and turn it into a good thing.

I know I’m being super vague about all this, and I’m doing it on purpose.  Some more will be explained soon, but for now I just needed to get an idea out there that I’ve been learning alot about.

Direction and focus.

The trouble with being creative is that you have all these ideas and creative projects that you start, but somewhere down the line, you either loose focus, or you have another idea that is much better and you move towards that.  I will admit, I have had this problem many times.  I can’t help it.  it’s not that I don’t want to finish what I started, it’s just I have so many creative passions, that sometimes it’s hard to choose one direction and focus in on it.

It is hard.  I’m beiong completely honest.

I have had focus on long-term, but sometimes my short term goals change so rapidly that I can’t seem to focus on what I wanted to do in the first place.  It’s like you see a loved one across a large crowd that is moving in one direction, and you must go through that crowd to reach the other side.  The current wants you to move one way while you struggle to fight it to go across.  The crowd is the creative mind at work, it’s flowing in a general direction, but not exactly where you want it to go.  As well each individual person is an idea you have that wants to draw you away from you goal. What you need to do is fight the crowd and focus on that goal to get you out of that crowd.  Because then you can take a look at your ideas that are moving and see where they can go.  You have, in a way, a view from where the crowd started to where it’s finished and you can tell what is something you should lead into next, or just let the idea move along.

Now I’m not saying to abandon all your creative ideas.  You can save them for later, it just doesn’t work exactly with the analogy I described.

What is holding you back creatively in your life?  What is your longterm goal and what are you trying to do to focus on getting to that goal?

Let me know your thoughts.

As always, I remain, obediently yours.

Steve