The people around you
Oh, hi friends!
I am endlessly amazed by my friends. They vanquish deadlines and make hard life choices and keep pushing, striving, for whatever they want and need. They aren't afraid to pivot or fail. And they do all this while sick or lonely or stressed or anxious.
These are the people who inspire me.
Who inspires you?
“Counterintuitively I discovered for a time that actually having a bi-weekly paycheck helped me be mentally in a place where my creativity was in a better flow. Even though I didn’t have that much time. Early on it was great. I thought that this [job] would just eat up all my time but what eats up your time a lot of the time is worrying about, ‘Holy shit, I’m a broke musician and how am I going to pay rent?’ With that not being the case, I felt like just having a stable lifestyle, my creativity flourished.”
This Creative Independent interview with Raj Halder (aka Lushlife, a Philadelphia-based hip-hop producer and MC) hit on something I’ve been thinking about—and discussing with friends—a lot these days. Sometimes flexibility and freedom is a good thing—sometimes stability is.
Every Holiday Song You’ll Want to Run to This Winter
How do you feel about Christmas music? I got inspired to make a themed playlist for SHAPE. Leona Lewis. Chuck Berry. MARIAH! They’re all here. Perfect for cold long runs or cold long commutes. See my story or open the playlist!
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Thanks, as always, for reading.
Love, Kara