Motivation Station

I feel like I've been running at full steam ahead for over a month and starting to run on empty. I took a break this weekend to enjoy my birthday and recoup. It's hard getting back in the swing of things after only a small break. Every time I clean up my work space and put everything away, it's hard to drag it all back out... even when inspired or commissioned to. My defunct attitude needs to be lightened up. I need a little ray of sunshine to get me through... all of these things make me think of Journey's Don't Stop Believing or any Journey song for that matter. I feel full of cliché's with no direction.

I am attempting to make this business thrive. Keep on working and doing what I love and selling my cards. I already know that I have gained so much knowledge this summer after dedicating more brain power and determination to this business. I know I have to see it through and trek on. I just need a little encouragement... a little fuel. I've had some pretty shitty rainy days, but I do wonder if I'm barking up the wrong tree in general. I love the creative energy and a place to direct it, it provides fulfillment that I can't get anywhere else at the moment. I just don't feel as high on creative juices as I did before. My practicality mixed with my dreamy sense that anything is possible is a rough mental hurdle to jump. Anyway, searching for some motivation... I need a good New York day, a pat on the back, and little kick in the butt. Good things are on the horizon, I can feel it.

In case you need reminding of the lyrics:

Journey ~ Don't Stop Believing

Just a small town girl
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere

Just a city boy
Born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere

A singer in a smoky room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlight people
Living just to find emotion
Hiding somewhere in the night

Working hard to get my fill
Everybody wants a thrill
Payin' anything to roll the dice just one more time

Some will win, some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlight people
Living just to find emotion
Hiding somewhere in the night

Don't stop believin'
Hold on to that feelin'
Streetlight people