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work ethic?

My new song is progressing smoother than the last one. This makes me feel good. The problem is that I am going on vacation next week and don't think there is any way I can finish before. And I don't want to push myself to this goal because I have learned that is not a good idea. So I will have a week long pause in the middle of the song. Maybe this will be a good thing, but I'm not glad about it right now.
I am very excited to get away from work etc on my vacation, but it strikes me as odd (and somewhat unfortunate) that I feel a fairly strong hesitancy to leave my studio for that long. It seems as though I am a bit obsessed. Of course there are other ways I can work on my music when I am up in Maine. I will record anything and everything with my portable recorder and I can work on lyrics, but what's so bad about just taking a break? What am I missing by being so reluctant to put it all down on occasion?

The new song was thinking about having those night wave sounds, but decided not to in favor of some cool didgeridoo, a driving mallets part, lots of big drums, and a poem I wrote four years ago.

My haircut feels too short today. But it always does the day after.