Shhh, it’s quiet time
Oh, hi friends!
What does quiet sound like to you?
Now that I’m no longer working in an office, quiet doesn’t sound like muffled sounds outside a closed conference room door.
It sounds like my fingers typing. Or the water boiling. Or a truck accidentally swiping a parked car (which actually happened outside my window yesterday).
And it’s funny, I haven’t needed to turn on my Spotify playlist to get into a writing zone. I just write.
Maybe quiet can be found when you’re walking on the busiest street, or smushed up against commuters on the subway. Maybe it can be found in the pockets of other sounds. Maybe you can recognize it when you know what you're looking for, and why you want to use it.
How do you want to use your quiet today?
"There's a space between where you are now and where you want to be, ought to be, are capable of being.
A gap between your reality and your possibility.
Imagine that space as a gulf or a chasm and you'll become paralyzed, stuck in the current situation.
And refuse to see it at all and you'll merely be self-satisfied, and just as stuck.
The magic of forward movement is seeing the space as leap-sized, as something that persistent, consistent effort can get you through.
The most likely paths are the ones where you can see the steps.
Your problem might not be that you're not trying hard enough. It might be that you're seeing the opportunity in the wrong way."
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An oldie but goodie from the man himself, Seth Godin, who I saw this summer getting ice cream from Ample Hills in Chelsea. He was with his BFF Brian Koppelman (showrunner of Billions and host of the excellent podcast The Moment.) Made my entire day!
So We Finally Got the Rabbi
Ron Passaro and I spent basically the entire last week rewriting our most important song for our Marvelous Mrs. Maisel musical — it's the first song that introduces Midge’s character.
Um. There were highs and lows. Isn’t that how it goes with every project? First, you hate every idea. Then you choose one and wonder if it’s the right one. Then you think through every possible version and line and discarded thought. Then you cry or have night sweats. And then you revise, revise, revise. And then…oh, shoot, you run into your deadline.
So after all that, we presented this brand-new song “Mrs. Maisel” in class on Tuesday, and it went well! Still lots to be done, but there always is. Thanks for letting me share this work-in-progress here.
And most importantly, I’m cheering you on if you’re stuck on a step or running up to your own deadline.
I know how you feel.
And I know you can do it.
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Thanks, as always, for reading.
Love, Kara