My head is still swimming with information and inspiration from this past weekend. I’m still processing, writing, and churning out ideas. Some of this is a repeat of what I posted yesterday, but I’m still fleshing out all of this. I wanted to get stuff out of my brain and on “paper.”

• Your dream will not be perfect. It will be messy. This may be my biggest take-away from this third conference. I keep waiting for this whole thing to “click” into place. Like it should be all be neat and orderly. It should all make sense and be clean and organized. If anything, it all becomes more jumbled the more I go. And that’s okay.
• Fear tries to hand you an apathy shield. I’m afraid I’ve grown more apathetic and “numb” toward much of life. I never thought of this as a defense mechanism. It’s fear raising it’s ugly head, and it does not help my dream.
• Start somewhere and murder perfectionism. This was my big takeaway from the first conference I attended over a year ago and it’s still hitting me. I’ve started, but I think this applies to the middle of your dream as well. Keep going. Stop worrying about making it perfect. It will get better as you go.
• Refuse to love your dream more than the people it impacts. I heard this and immediately wrote underneath it: Drew and my marriage is always more important. It’s important to carve out time for my dream, but it’s also incredibly important to carve out time for Drew as well. I need to show him that he’s always more important.
• Play to the size of your heart, not the size of your crowd. As a musician, I relate to this. If I ever have a chance to perform my original songs, chances are the crowd will be slim. I need to remember the joy that singing brings me and the passion I have for music. I think of my Youtube channel and the three subscribers I have.

And now it’s time to hustle.