Where to Next?

I spend way too much time trying to craft the perfect opening line to all of these entries. I start typing and delete. Over and over and over. Until finally something completely different starts flowing, and that’s how I got here. But where do I go now?

It seems like my chapter in California is coming to a close. I haven’t really told anybody that yet, so keep my secret until I tell you otherwise, ok? Ten years after switching coasts to go to college and follow my dreams, it’s time to go back home. At least for a little while. I like to hope these aren’t my last days in California. I like it here. One time while we were working on the Wu-Tang show, RZA told us to pay attention to how we feel when we wake up in new places. Take note of the energy and such, to see where we feel like we fit. I feel good waking up in California. So I’m keeping faith that one day I’ll figure out a way to wake up here again.

For now though, I’ll be waking up somewhere else. Likely back in Hopewell Junction for a little while. Then, who knows? I’m still trying to figure out what works. How to achieve my perfect balance. The work is certainly going to get much harder to manage. Running a two person operation while those two people are generally based three thousand miles apart seems like a tough task to tackle. But when have we ever done anything easy?

I don’t have any lucid insight or a revelation to offer up here to help you walk away feeling nourished. I try my best to always have something to give. But for now we’re going to have to figure out where this road leads together. Scary? Sure. Exciting though. We’re alive.

• J.P.