Updated February 23, 2025, from my home in Massachusetts, USA. The cold spell seems to have snapped and the sun was shining bright today.

Staying off Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter until February 23, 2025

My contract is up as of today, and I logged into Instagram to check my messages. I had nothing important. Everyone in that inbox has contacted me in other ways over the year. I’m going to treat social media as either completely unimportant or as a one-way billboard for music and lessons.

Going to school full-time

My two-year program at Longy is well underway. I love it. It’s challenging, eye-opening, and inspiring. Everything I was looking for. You can read about it here.

Writing songs

If I had to pick just one thing to be, I’d pick being a songwriter. I haven’t been writing as much as I would like to, and I’ve missed it. Writing songs is a core part of who I am and I know I’m a better person when I’ve been writing. So it’s as much a benefit to you as it is to me that I resume my songwriting ways.

Trying the “12 Week Year” Method

In short, it’s quarterly goals. But people swear by it so I bought the book, read the book, followed all the steps, and made this notebook into my 12 Week Year journal. Will update with progress every now and then.

Update: It works. I’m still balancing stuff out now that school is back in session. But it works.

Creating guitar videos on YouTube

For years, I’ve haphazardly spent time making videos and gained a surprising number of subscribers. Recently I finally took the thought of “what would happen if I put more effort into YouTube?” seriously and it’s been a fun experiment! As of today, I have 1548 subscribers! One video has over 27,000 views and I didn’t even edit it. My goal is to post one video per week for the next 12 weeks.

Cheers,
Amy