Experiment #1

The first real experiment I am putting to action tonight is - keeping my computer on my actual desk, and not keeping in on my bedside table, or on the floor next to my bed. This way, I can actually be in bed, attempting to sleep, without tempting myself with Facebook or other websites. It's a drastic move, I know. But I'm hoping that something this drastic will increase my chances of getting to bed, and not overstimulating my brain with things when I should be letting go and allowing myself to rest. We shall see how this experiment pans out.

In other news: Voice students! Yay! I am starting to build a studio of voice students. Right now, I have connections through Newark Academy, a private middle school and high school in my area.

Monday, Monday...

Alright, so I am actually pretty excited about the Blog, it seems. It's so pretty! I'm pretty proud of it. Not that it was difficult to create or anything... It's Monday, and I have already wasted the entire day. It all started when I woke up - at 1pm. No one knows how I let myself be so lazy. I had high hopes for the day, setting my alarm for 8am. But somehow, I completely ignored that alarm and did not surface until the afternoon hours.

It's funny, Ben called me soon after I woke up with the same story! Except that he just tossed and turned all night and only got 1 hour of sleep before he was supposed to get up for work and decided that it wouldn't be good to try and work. I don't have to be at work until 5pm, so my only excuse is that I'm living a seemingly purposeless life at the moment.

So, I'm listening to "This American Life," eating strawberries, picking up my room and going to the gym pretty soon. This weekend was super fun - Poconos with Ben, and then Jessica's bridal shower. I didn't have my camera at either event, so no pictures this time...

Do I want this blog?

I started keeping a real journal this summer, and was doing pretty well with it for a while. But now, it's been over a month since I recorded any of my thoughts/musings/concerns/wisecracks that way. I've been reading a whole lot of friends' blogs and have thought about starting one over the last couple of days. So.....here it is. I can't make any promises concerning the level of public amusement this will offer to any possible readers out there, but I am hoping to record some thoughts in this different way - a means of decompressing I have not yet attempted.

Today's thought:

My first September without being enrolled in some kind of academic setting is almost half way done. I'm having fun (basically meeting up with old friends for luncheons, city outings, Poconos weekends, etc.) so far, and am excited about current and potential job prospects. There are several nice things happening in the horizon, both musical and non-, and I'm glad to have the opportunity to be involved in friends' and family's life experiences that I've been missing out on over the last 6 years living far away.

This year, and this blog are inaugurated as such : The Life Experiment.