Karate Kid
(I hope you enjoyed the montage of the Karate Kid movies. I wanted to remind everyone that this was a great 80’s movie and bring to mind what happened so I can relate my life to… the karate kid? Who actually relates their life to the Karate Kid movie?)
So, I’m really trying hard to keep my head in the game. It’s like I’m split into two parts; Mr. Miyagi and Daniel-san. One part of me wants to just let things go when I get overwhelmed which is the “Daniel-san” part of me. The other part of me is “Mr. Miyagi” who has to continually say, “Focus Daniel-san”. Funny but true. I want to do what I have in my heart to do but when I think about it all at once I get overwhelmed and I become “unbalanced”. I find myself getting a little too comfortable with my surroundings. I’m getting comfortable with my job, my friends (which is a good thing), my paycheck, house and whatever else I have that contributes to my status quo attitude. I don’t want a “Johnny” to come along and shake things up and force me to do everything on a higher level to compete and be who I could be. I don’t want anything to disrupt the world I am living in because it’s working. Learning “karate from a book” is working for me right now; not a good thing. It’s like I think I could actually be happy learning “karate from a book” (the book being my current career) instead of from a martial arts master (which is what I really want to be doing)! What the CRAP!! That is messed up right there. I’m learning karate from a book; that’s where I’m at in my life and career. It’s pseudo training instead of the actual thing. I want to change all of that. I guess all I’m doing is just reminding myself that I can’t lose focus on what I need to do. I want to get this project up and running by the end of this year. I’ve decided that I’m going to finish four more songs and not put out an EP. I want to go ahead and produce a full album. I also want to get my songs published under my publishing company, David Blake Publishing. I don’t know what that will entail. I’m still learning. I have so many things that I need to do that I get overwhelmed with it all. So many details and so little time when you have a family, job and other responsibilities in life. I just can’t lose focus or lose heart. I want to be “balanced”. The karate kid is truly a metaphor for my life. Awesome!!
