How long does it take to get back into the rhythm of your life after travelling?
This time, it took me three weeks. I changed the light bulb, swept away the fallen leaves on the path, at last, my laundry mountain piles has gone, I know where the forks and knifes are placed again, bedsheet can be changed weekly and my organ practiced routine established. When I bake a cake on this weekend, I will be truly back at my home.
4 weeks to concert, 5 weeks to family trip. I have 5 weeks time to settle everything before I travel again. I am very thankful that my student’s parents and I worked out a solution for me being away and the lessons for my students. My friend said :”It’s a miracle that your students allowed you to travel that often and haven’t fired you.” Seriously, I can only be grateful for the very supportive people in my life.
I like the feeling of counting with my finger, how many more lessons, worship services, concert to play, concert to attend until my self made holiday in December. No more the endless treadmill and the musician December fever but to let everything come to rest, like animals are preparing for hibernation.
In January, the “visa application” drama will be on show. According to my financial situation now, maybe not much drama, but a direct rejection. Anyway, since I have my own organ and I have “The Journey”, my journey can go on no matter where am I based. Ultimately, I just want to follow His plan and His plan never fails.
Today, I took a leap of faith and bought a domain for my organist website. I still need to build the website and recently is very difficult to find time. Every day a tiny step towards the desired future. And I did that for today.
Over a glass of cocktail, we were watching the sun going down in Copenhagen, my friend asked me if I want to be a world renowned concert organist. I am not against this idea, but this is not what I am after. I want to have enough space and time to nurture my creativity, to show my works and can pay for the living. I mean, if I won a Nobel Prize in literature and become The Organist of the year today, tomorrow, I still want to continue to practice organ and to write as usual. Playing organ and creating on The Journey are not there to help me achieve fame and glory but they are the things I want to do for the rest of my life.
That’s all for now. Thank you for reading my rambling post. Good night!