December 29

I just realized Vulfpeck has released one thing a year since their founding in 2011. I have written here before about my admiration for Cory Wong producing 8 albums in 2020. I am on a good trajectory with so many papers in the pipeline in 2021...

I want to do a deep dive in 2021. 

Work. Crank out proposals and grants.

Nutrition and fitness. 6 days a week. Swim, run, lift, bike. Make new recipes.

Sleep. 7+ hours a night.

Music. Get the Bach Cello Suite #2, prelude at least, in playable shape.

December 27

I don't want to lose the ability to have this feeling, ever. The feeling I get from listening to Lucca EST, which graces my ears thanks to Bartolomey & Bittmann. (And the same for Wo Der Hund.) That is the goal - to achieve that sort of high. 

The high that I felt when listening to Arstidir's Christmas concert today.

The high that I feel playing jazz. Or Bach. Or the kind that I would presumably feel playing bluegrass or progressive jazz-rock.

Alive.

Jankowski's gone now. I am 100% certain he would want me to keep going. Words have meaning. Use language carefully.

As long as I live, I will keep the fire burning. 

December 22

1 thing I've learned from 2020: jump off the cliff and make the wings on the way down. 

• Playing Bach movements on the bass guitar + recording for the Eclectic Jam page
• Buying a house
• Therapy
• Water treatment project

December 10

"What do you expect me to do?"

Each day, I want to do something unambiguously good. 

I must continue to let people like Steve Brunton inspire me to push myself higher, further, beyond what I think I should be satisfied with.

I need to be less in awe of people like him and Wei Gao and more attentive to what I am doing with my day-to-day time.

Less impressed, more involved.