I’m Back!

Hi everybody. It’s me, Corey from Songwriting Zen. Remember me?

I know it’s been a long time between drinks and for that I sincerely apologise. I had to take some time off because I just burnt myself out and I couldn’t physically keep up with all the demands I was putting on myself.

You see, I have a problem with saying “no” to things and because of this, I stretch myself and my resources to the very limit and burn out to an inch of my life in the process. My two month “break” was the end result of one of these episodes.

How could this happen? Well, in my case I didn’t know I was burning out until I was in the middle of it. I’m not very good at catching myself out early enough, but I am learning.

Boy, am I learning!

The reason why I’m telling you this is that, because of what has happened I’m forever reminded that being a songwriter is more than just being able to write songs. It’s also about being able to function as a whole creative being.

Having a healthy mind, a healthy body and a healthy creative space goes a very long way in having healthy, creative outcomes. Being able to balance your creative life between work, family, partner, friends and is vital in maintaining some sense of clarity of purpose and sanity.

Sadly, I was lacking in all of these areas and I suffered for it.

I have spent the last couple of months purging a lot of activities from my life and/or finishing up some projects in which I had inadvertently bitten off more than I could chew. I’m happy to say that I’m feeling a lot better now and I’m feeling like writing again.

I did miss posting to Songwriting Zen over the last couple of months but at the same time I just couldn’t bring myself to do so. Until now.

I have learnt a lot of lessons of late and I’ll be posting them here from time to time. One of the biggest lessons I’ve learnt is that I can’t be all things to all people. It’s ok to say NO.

As songwriters, we need to be true to ourselves in what we do and that means if we have to say NO to something in order to maintain that truth then, so be it.

Don’t do what I did and wait until it’s too late.

Until next time, happy writing,

Corey Stewart
Singer/Songwriter/Musician

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