Intense creative energy shift
I haven’t felt much motivation to write prose lately. I thought this was because of the constant reading I’ve felt a need to do lately to ensure I’m up to date on the state of the world, but now I’m realizing it’s also because my creative energy has shifted toward other things in the last while in a very intense and focused way.
My work at Buffer, especially in the past 4-5 months, has taken a lot of creative energy. This alone would have made it fun, but the creative work we’ve been putting in is paying off – the company is growing as it hadn’t in years, and I have the unique privilege of building something my friends and people whose success I care about is helping to support. No job is perfect but this is by a long shot the closest I’ve gotten.
In parallel to that (despite pushing myself to take my time with it), I’ve very quickly put together the bulk of a new Kid Lightbulbs album. I did not plan for it to come together this quickly, but again, creative energy is wild. There is still a lot to do, and I need to think about the degree to which I want to promote this supposed album, but it’s happening.
I don’t know how I’m making time for these things.
