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I\u2019ve met a great many baby boomers who have learned how to sacrifice and manage their time and efforts with discipline. Yet sadly, there are many of them who also have buried treasure inside their youthful passions so long denied; those many things they dimly recall as being part of the \u201cwhy\u201d of their living life. <\/p>\n

This is not to say one should cast off all balance \"scale\"<\/a>or semblance of work and duty. And of course, I agree with Mike Rowe<\/a> in how one cannot just \u201cpursue your passion\u201d with blind faith that all things in life will magically come together to give you success in life that way. Surely the metaphorical highways are littered with many abandoned dreams that people sought after with great passion, and they crashed and burned with them. Yet to me, more sad is how many baby boomers just won\u2019t even take a small step to begin to investigate their artistry or passion. <\/p>\n

Looking over the past year, I stumble back upon my budgets and plans to spend time inside my passions. One of them has been my steady and increasing focus into my music of past and writing new music as well. My church, my music, my aerobatic flying, my sailing, and others all were given slivers of my time and budget as an investment by me to remember why the living can be such a blessing. And now, as I look back unto the past 12 months and recall 24 original song releases, 4 cover song recordings, working to learn the beginnings of playing the Hammer Dulcimer, \"IMG_20150114_113934_190\"<\/a>and putting forth a slice of my time to promote a web page and better tell a story, my story, I am so glad that I didn\u2019t wait for a more \u201cperfect\u201d time to begin. <\/p>\n

Could I have done more? Sure. Can I do better? Sure. Do I wish I had waited another year or 3 before making the time to get off my butt and take those next, first steps? No way. If you had told me in the summer of 2009 that I would be now still taking joy-filled steps towards my 125th<\/sup> songwriting copyright, or working on a 169th<\/sup> recording, I would have likely said \u201cyeah right.\u201d <\/p>\n

Sure, don\u2019t kill yourself on the alter of passion out of proportion, but don\u2019t rob your life with no portion towards your passion.  Video Snippet on this topic.<\/a><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve met a great many baby boomers who have learned how to sacrifice and manage their time and efforts with discipline. Yet sadly, there are many of them who also have buried treasure inside their youthful passions so long denied; those many things they dimly recall as being part of the \u201cwhy\u201d of their living … <\/p>\n

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