Great question - thanks for posting! Looks like most of use are blowing past the scope you introduce at the end :) Creative Focus: Since the beginning of the

Great question - thanks for posting! Looks like most of use are blowing past the scope you introduce at the end :) Creative Focus: Since the beginning of the pandemic, I’ve been reducing the number of projects I take on to the ones that bring me the most joy. I manage an engineering org during the day and compose music by night, and have often felt I needed to —be- all aspects of each world. I felt I couldn’t lead my team without being fluent in every language, framework, ideology that they employ. In music, I felt like I needed to run multiple bands reflecting my range as a player, book those, publish a podcast on a regular cadence, make noise about what I’m doing every 2 weeks on the socials,etc. Now I practice, work on the projects I love, and invest time in my next learning area: Teaching my team Conscious Self-leadership: I’m responsible for amplifying the superpowers of the humans on my team in an org that has a lot of 'old-world' patterns - expecting a parent to come in and solve your problems, expecting one person to issue an edict on technical direction without collaboration, expecting articulation of a goal to be enough, etc. I'm sure there are jargon words you can point me to for the patterns I'm seeing - I'm still on my first cup of coffee. In a remote-first world, people of all personality stripes need space to lead themselves where their most energized/joyful, and making that space can feel byzantine, but I don't think it has to. So: I'm sharpening patterns and techniques that I'm seeing work. Villa-Lobos Etudes: I've been a guitarist for just about 40 years (yikes) and finally dug into these last year. I feel I'll be exploring them for the rest of my life, finding new things to work through every week. Music Engraving: I'm publishing some pieces of mine (including https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmvI6H64SPI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmvI6H64SPI and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M7vOIHOeeU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M7vOIHOeeU) and am learning a ton about how to make a beautiful page of music for guitarists with my mentor John Stropes.