I seem to go through a cycle of insane amounts of activity and then nothing (boom and bust) for a while because I am so tired from whatever I was doing. Over the past 2-3 months I have been working feverishly to:

- Set up this channel
- Accumulate articles
- Register onto as many songwriting forums and newsgroups as I can
- Set up www.coreystewartonline.com and re-direct it to this spot
- Registering this channel onto weblog directories all over the world
- Research, research, research and more research

I look back and think to myself "wow, there is a lot of work here. No wonder I feel so burnt out" and the cycle perpetuates.

It is important to realise that we cant be all things to all people and that BALANCE is the most important concept that you can adopt in your songwriting process and (in a broader sence) your life in general.

I try to maintain balance in my life and my writing and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnt. Me not writing for this channel for a couple of weeks was an attempt to recreate some balance again.

I have hardly been on the computer. I have in fact taken a holiday from the computer and got back to basics again. I was noticing that I was spending too much time doing "busy-work" on the 'net and not enough time actually playing my guitar (I could actually feel my guitar calling to me) so instead of resisting I just stopped and did something else. Today I feel much more refreshed and revitalised.

Im sure that everyone experiences this hence why I thought putting this onto the channel would be a good idea.

We, as human beings have lots of things that we want to and need to do to maintain our existance on this planet, doing too much of one thing (even though you might really love it) and neglecting all the other stuff will throw you out of balance and then you will get restless, stressed, moody, tired.

Generally what will happen is that you will then cut down your activity and get even more stressed for doing so because things arent getting done. You then start saying to yourself how lazy you are................ (blah, blah, blah).

Unless you make a conscious decision to slow down you will be in the grips of the 'boom and bust' cycle of life that so many creative people go through.

Dont be afraid to just walk away for a while, be kinder to yourself and always have in mind the word BALANCE. I have written it on a piece of paper and stuck it up in my office to remind me of this fact. We are much better off enjoying quality of life rather than the quantity of life sometimes.

Until next time, happy writing,

Corey Stewart
Singer/Songwriter/Musician

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