Sunday Song: Feeling Disconnected

I REALLY wanted to write over the past two days, but I was thwarted in my desire due to a couple of internet outages in my area. Stuff went down on midnight on Friday morning, and I woke up for some reason to experience the outage in real time. You don't realize how many things are internet dependent until the internet doesn't work.

So, I had to go a DAY AND A HALF without my links to the outside world and to the work that I love!!

Wow - my privilege is showing, isn't it?

I have become accustomed to having the world at my fingertips, and it is hard to navigate a world where I cannot access what I want to access when I want to do it! So, I am searching for songs about being disconnected - from the world, from other people, from things I need to do and want to accomplish.

Off I go to the Google machine to find songs about this topic. The first one that shows up is Disconnected by Keane. Then another one - Disconnected by Anna Clendening. Okay, this is a start.

I can tell you that I am feeling much more calm and serene now that I am able to connect with the outside world.

I am working on getting my work list winnowed a bit. I have lots to do in the next several weeks. I want to re-do my preapproved CBMT status so I can do a symposium event soon. I want to get things going with my consultation business helping other music therapists to know where I am. I want to make visuals for TPT and get them out into the world. So much - and it all requires connection to the internet in some form!!

So, I am going to make my disconnected playlist and start to acknowledge my feelings about needing this type of electronic connection to be able to function. One lesson learned - always have some entertainment downloaded - just in case... 

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