Summary
In this post, Aaron reflects on how time feels different as we get older and how quickly life seems to move. He shares updates on recent changes in his life, including a new home, new projects, and progress on upcoming music releases. He talks about stepping into new roles as a teacher and speaker, revisiting his education, and considering a return to college after discovering he is close to completing a degree. Through these experiences, Aaron emphasizes intentional living, focusing on what is within your control, and caring for your body, mind, and community.
Wow! It’s already February. It’s true about getting older, since you have more time under your belt, time becomes less “valuable” in a quantitative sense, appearing to be smaller units.
Let me explain. When you’re 5 years old, one year is 20 % of your life. When you’re 40, one year is 2.5% of your life, so that shit goes by faster.
I hope the new year is treating you all well, and I hope the weather isn’t too horrible where this may find you. Amongst other things, I find myself in a new state, a new home, a new car, new musical projects, all new new new. We did manage to record 3 videos for the loooooooooong anticipated 4th GS record, so once those are edited, we will be releasing the rest of that album and then, I don’t know what. For sure were gonna do like vinyl and physical releases, but that’s still a little way off.
I’m doing my first ever public professional speaking gig later this year in Montana to discuss my experiences with low vision throughout my life and the tools and tricks I’ve developed and used to make life traversable. I’m looking forward to it and am kinda hoping to do more of these types of things if it goes well.
Aside from the teaching I’m doing, I was asked to help tutor a friends son for his GED. It’s been a very fulfilling process and I feel very at home in the teacher role. However, it fired up something in me long dormant, and that is the desire to get my piece of paper from college. I had an interesting school experience when I was young. School was rough for me. I was teased daily through my entire public school experience. The 80s and 90s were a different place I suppose. Anyway, through a series of events, I ended up leaving high school after 8 weeks and attending college. Sparing the details, I ended up in a dark place, and uninterested in finishing school. I didn’t want to be a clinician. I wanted to study kung fu and make music. So I packed up and moved to California.
Fast forward to now, I’ve attended musicians Institute in Hollywood for a couple years as well and I decided to get my transcripts. Turns out I have 156 credits from North Central College, and I’m waiting on a tally from MI. The moral of the story is I have basically enough credits for a degree already, I’m just missing one or two classes I think. So…I’m gonna go back to college. Probably online but maybe in person. Time will tell.
I don’t make resolutions at new years, but I do make choices on a daily basis. Life is short. Use your time wisely. I’ve been facing a lot of ups and downs in life and I have been struggling, but I know this.
Power goes where attention goes. Focus on what’s in your control. Make moves to achieve the goals that actually fulfill you. Take care of yourselves. Your bodies. Your minds. Your souls. And above all, EACH OTHER.
All the love
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Thank you for these words, and for your awareness. Your work has ultimately help awaken our collective. I truly believe we go through so much darkness, so that we can share our light.