A New Year and A New Life  
This is the first year in a decade I have not participated in some kind of study. 

Being a creature of habit, I'm not going to lie -- it's weird. 

When I had a class timetable, I had a routine I could follow -- until I've overloaded my schedule and all routine goes out the window and I forget what day it is. 

Having no classes to go to is kind of like that without the stress. 

So now I'm creating a routine for myself that suits me and the reasons I decided to end my career as a lifetime student. 

I am a writer, an artist and a musician. With such big passions vying for top billing on my list of priorities, I feel like when I give one area more attention, I'm abandoning another.  

The start of my first year of creative freedom has been a bit rocky. I have moved twice since January and spent those weeks feeling more imprisoned than free -- but that's just life I guess. Things have settled down for now. 

Now I have all the time in the world to do all the things and I don't know where to start. 

I have been re-acquainted with my inner artist, sketching and drawing for the past year, so that's continued. 

I'm attending writing workshops and producing short pieces of writing - nonfiction and poetry.

After my second move I picked up my computer from the repair shop where it sat for a month. Now I have all the distractions in the world and I've edited one piece of old work for a competition submission. 

Mostly I'm spending my days wandering around at home looking for stuff to do and scrolling for stuff to read and watch. 

I am lost, but I'm finding my way.