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Time. The one thing in life I will always want more of, but will never find. Like the time I set aside to get things done, where does it go? Seems like I am always fighting with time. Like time itself is an ex-girlfriend who loves nothing more than to hate me. There are a few recent events in my life that have caused an even larger battle then the one I am already waging with time.

The company I work for at my day job was recently sold. Thankfully we all got to keep our jobs and at the same pay. The catch is, that I now work an extra hour & a half each day. That hour & a half used to be my practice time. I have adjusted to the new hours and have kept up my practice time. The down side is that has left little time for friends and to finish songs.

This has caused me to reflect on my dream of being a musician. I work a full-time job and two part-time jobs to support myself and my dream. Working so much leaves little time to really enjoy what I live to do. All that time I spend frustrated, stressed out & tired could be so better spent working on songs. But if I don't work then I can't pay for studio time, the thousand boxes of strings I go through or even the food to fuel myself to do so. Just then, at these moments of self doubt & anger over the frustration of daily life, I listen to the first mix of a song. A song that I have spent every second of every minute I could possibly steal and it all becomes worth it. That moment when all that lost time pays off. The moment the song finally comes to life.

To hear the song start to breathe from the first note and cherish every second as it comes to rest on its final beat. This is when time shines on me. For as I listen to that first mix, time losses all meaning for me. It no longer exists in the realm outside my headphones. Then the song is over and I look up to see it is 3am and I no longer have the time to work on it. But in the end I am thankful for time. Thankful I had enough of it to find my way back to what I truly live for, and most appreciative for when it shines.

I wish you all a very merry Happy Thanksgiving and hope you remember to add an extra few days a year to celebrate what your thankful for.

Be True, Stay Strong & Rock On,
- Wolfgang 

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