Stormy seas, wild ride.

I have returned. Somewhat more weathered then I left. There are things afoot in my life that have my tension level running a bit higher than usual.

You see the creative and artistic Jack here makes his miniscule income by working in a kitchen at an educational facility. But the kitchen just got bought by a food service contractor. So I was sold during the summer, and news of late is that my new owners are inviting spiders of a tangled web sort. So while it’s not something I’ve been passionate about for a while, it was something that supplied certain comforts to me.

Now I am faced with the task of rethinking my employment. Which is not always bad, but generally not something done lightly either.

As much as I would like to think that some or all of the projects I am participating in currently could grow to fill the gap and I could leave the regular world of low wage jobs for self supporting creativity, I am not nearly so delusional as to think I am up to that task just yet.

I do hope to get there in a few years, or if I can make some really good ideas pay off within a years’ time, but for now building a stable base from which to create is a goal I need to add to the list. I will not let it derail the rest of the list though.

My creativity and enjoyment of the world, as well as my spiritual self have expanded a great deal over the last year and I will do what it takes to assure that continued growth. In the past something like this would have caused me to drop everything and clutch for dear life to a sinking ship. Then I’d have to struggle to surface from the problems and try to salvage what I could and start over.

Right now what I am shooting for involves not dropping anything, watching the ship to see which way to go, and taking myself to where I need to be to move safely forward. Perhaps the things that I will not drop may be of help in that or maybe they will be a pleasant diversion in times of stress ahead. But come a farther day in the future they will be a point of pride in my abilities to survive, and be creative and simple enjoyment of life.

That’s the plan anyway.

Well I think perhaps that should do for this post. Sometime before late night wend. I’ll run up another post. I think it’s about time I ran a tally of the projects I am working on this year and specifically this month.

Until then, take care of yourselves.
Roving Jack