“Alcoholics are addicted to alcohol. Are workaholics addicted to workahol?”
- my friend Suzi
It has been a busy year for me so far. An amazing year. Things are moving forward at a fast pace as I make another record, continue performing, speaking and teaching, and begin some new projects in other arenas.
One of the great things about being self-employed and entrepreneurial is that you get to be your own boss. That can also be one of the bad things – cuz your boss never goes away! In other words, before you know it – you can’t put the workahol down.
So, my boss is making me take a vacation. And I’ll be taking the next week off from blogging so that I can rest and restore my energy and chill out on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
In the meantime, you can hear the next song on my upcoming record in its first round in the studio… click here to go to BeMyRecordLabel.com and listen to my song “I’ll be Your Angel.”
Also – I’d love to get some suggestions for topics you’d like to read about in the coming months! Leave them in the comments below or email them to me at christine@christinekane.com!
See you soon and thanks for reading!
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Good for you Christine. There are times when one needs to take time off and rest. Enjoy the weather no matter what. Have lots of fun and re-energize yourself. I know you will enjoy the benefits of being kind and gentle with yourself. I am glad your are listening to your boss!
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Would like to see posts about “flow” please.
Also how do you make a connection with your audience during a performance?
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Aahh..the Outer Banks! Definately a chillin’, relaxin’ area! Enjoy!
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This “vacation” thing seems to be catching on. I just took one (after doing the math, turns out it’d been 8 years since the last one) to northern Michigan and came back with a slightly new direction and focus for life … which includes cutting waaaay back on the music, webcasting, house-concert hosting and internet portions while spending more time cutting wood, planting flowers, walking with the dog and playing music for my own personal enjoyment.
So my topic question would be something along the lines of “Do we who are now in our 50′s and 60′s and are perhaps self-employed, active, A-types ever see retiring? When? What do we see ourselves doing with our newly created “spare” time? Are we afraid of slowing down in larger and larger chunks vs. the few cherished moments of relaxation we give ourselves during our hectic life schedules? Do we lose our value if we’re no longer carrying the working weight of the world on our shoulders? How will the silly kids coming up now know what to do or will they just repeat the same mistakes we did?”
All somewhat rhetorical, but fodder for a discussion about the inevitable process of aging and how you see it effecting someone as dynamic as yourself. Thanks!
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Have a fabulous time !
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…you have a great boss!
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Here’s to chilling on the beach and listening to the ocean – have an amazing time!
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Enjoy some R&R Christine! Go workahol-free for the whole week…
I’d love to hear about what being a musician means to you – deep down. How does it connect with your soul.
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I know you’ve written about this before, but the challenge I see so many folks struggling with is — that where they know what they need to nurture their creativity, (time alone, quiet time, moodle time, visual inspiration, etc), the voices around them accuse them of being “selfish,” or folks feel threatened, or … and sometimes it becomes easier (in the short term) to give in and watch mindless tv “together” instead of pursuing activities which feed their spirit.
if you could write about steps to take to create respectful boundaries, or, … that would be so great
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Have a great holiday.
I’d love to hear more about how to pray and about how to eat well
Best
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“It’s true… I’m a rageaholic! I just can’t live without rageahol!” – Homer Simpson
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Have a restful, rejuvenating vacation! Enjoy chilling at the beach
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Enjoy the vacation, may it be restful and, above all, fun!
As far as topics go, well, you have an uncanny way of talking of topics that I need to hear about exactly when I need to hear them.
But I wouldn’t mind more on deepening a personal relationship/love with one’s self and finding where true goals and dreams lie.
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Christine
Rest…Regenerate…Enjoy!
I believe as we tune into ourselves and our creator we become intune with what our needs are and how to meet them. Follow your heart, it appears to have led you along a good path so far…Keep up the excellent work.
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Your boss is smart, she seems to understand that rest is an important part of the balance of creativity. Without it, no creativty, only burn out.
I guess in a way, you could also say your record label producers are kinda your bosses too, so we say…go REST! HAVE FUN!
As far as topics go,
I would enjoy- and do- knowing what inspires you, what spurs on your creativity, how you stay disiplined and balanced when creative types aren’t known for those traits, who are the people that you look up to for inspiration, books you enjoy, and I love your wacky way with new words and the way you put a new fresh spin on concepts. You are doing a great job.
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enjoy your break! tell your boss she rocks and knows her stuff, her priorities. Enjoy being dis-connected from the computer for a bit and reconnecting to life without technology!!! are you silencing the cell-phone, too?
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May the beach be restorative and wonderful!! (and hurricane-less)
About topics:
I may have missed it but I don’t remember seeing anything in your blog about your Speech at Ursinus earlier this month….(the description on your tour site was intriguing). So a neat topic might be sharing some of your speech topics or excerpts from some of them.
Also, I was talking with someone else that appreciates your music, blog, and creativity and shared concern that you had said this was likely your last CD.
We were hoping that it meant that you were still going to be song writing and producing your music for others…just in different formats. Hope this is a correct assumption. Mmmmmm now that’s a topic,
assumptions……..
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Christine,
Keep writing about your human-ness. It resonates with so many of us and the timing is usually on the money for many of us who read your blog. Take a well deserved rest!
Here’s my current “vacation” scenario.
I am now “on vacation” for two days prior to the three day Labor Day weekend. What did I choose to do? Swamp out my house, it was anarchy and I don’t mean a few pieces of clothes on the floor and some dirty dishes on the counter. I needed to make space so that I could live sanely in my old, single-wide that serves as my temporary home. There were computer cables, wires, tools, building materials, old phones, cameras, to the tune of about 8 plastic storage tubs worth, plus two brand new floor to ceiling metal shelves to stack things in. Whew! It looks like a lovely home now! All of that had been occupying the front 25 feet of my trailer, and you had to step over stuff to get to the fridge, or kitchen stuff.
Ideal Vacation?
Was that a lot of work? You bet your brithces it was. Was it rewarding to see the results of 2 10-hour days of hard work? Without a doubt! Was it the most optimal “vacation”? NOPE! I have to get out of the “clean away the clutter before I can live/create” mentality.
Christine: Perhaps that is something you have experience with (the above) and can speak to??? I feel I must get work done before I can go outside and play.
To make things better:
I have been writing in a journal, building “the ideal day” so that I can hit the center of the bulls eye with greater ease and accuracy. (The bullseye is Pat’s perfect life.) If you BUILD the center of the bulls eye, you can’t help but miss. I need to stop being the policeman for the world, and start enjoying life and doing what I want, which would include about 45 minutes of meditation every morning, pampering my pets, doing some work in my glass studio, walking in nature…NOT cleaning my house….etc.
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Christine,
You deserve a holiday and I think you NEED one. So enjoy and rest, have a drink, relax, hug your hubby, listen to nature murmur ideas in your ear, walk barefoot, hug a tree, lie in the grass or the sand and listen to the earth. You will come back restored.
As for topics, I find it funny to read all the suggestions so far. Your readers (and listeners) seem to be a bunch of people who all have the seem concerns, worries, wishes and dreams. Better their life. Live fully and be happy. To not miss out on anything. Make others happy especially oneself. And it just feels good to not be alone in this thinking and worrying and trying to better myself and the world
So where do these wishes come from? Do they arrive at a certain time in life? Does everyone have them? I seem to see that many people start to think about life and happiness more earnestly when they hit their 30ies. Then again, others are still living like they are in their twenties when they are in their 40ies. What makes people become ‘wiser’? How do some people manage to be happy when they have stage 4 cancer and some people see the end of the world and hole up when they break a toe? What makes this difference? And how can you get someone to see it? How can you help someone to see the good side, to live in the now, to see a bad thing happening as a challenge?
Thanks for all the thoughtprovoking articles so far and the tips. I really enjoy them and I’m glad I came across your blog.
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Vacations are a wonderful thing — enjoy!
I’d love to gain some insight on how to deal with no longer being young. At 45, I teeter between embracing my wiser, older self and mourning the loss of my youthfulness. (As in why didn’t I appreciate it when I had it!)
Will I ever just be OK with it???? I’m not obsessed, just ambushed by it from time to time — usually when I see photos of myself or find that it takes longer to recover from a long hike. I’m otherwise very happy and healthy but embracing middle-age? Not so much.
Thank you for this blog. It has helped me on my journey to being a full-time artist and dealing with all the doubts and decisions and delirious joy that comes with it!
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Great idea from your boss – wish you time to recharge your batteries.
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Enjoy Christine OBX is definitely the place to rejuvinate yourself. I would love to learn more about how to trust myself and how that journey starts aside from just being gentle and accepting of yourself. Thanks for your inspiration!!
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