Day 98: Islands In The Stream, ukulele

Chords: who knows, I’m so tired

I'm in my last few days and I'm just tired. I'd love to post blockbusters for my last few but I might not be able to that for each one. From the beginning, this project was about letting go of perfection so today for #98, the motto is: done is better than perfect. Erika Lam called it “The Good Enough Series”. I was even tempted to go out a shoot another video to replace this one. I will resist mightily because if I spend more energy on #98, then #99 and #100 will never happen. Besides, it’s really hot and humid in Atlanta.

I took a few days off when I hit #75 so I could plan out my next 25 songs. It was really hard to jump back in to do #76 because then I felt I had to do something earth shattering because I took a few days off. As it turns out, only half the songs I planned made it to execution because I’ll always be intrigued by something that just happened and I’ll spontaneously want to sing about that—isn’t it called “The Shiny Object Syndrome”? Taking time off ended up creating more stress and took up mental space. Daily practice no matter what has a mental elegance. Streamlined.

Looking back, the one-take videos I uploaded in despair and embarrassment were really not that bad. In fact, many of them felt honest. More and more I’m finding I’m playing more simply because the vocals are taking more concentration when the goal is to storytell. My end game was originally to a songwriter and not to sing at all.

I’m really babbling now, so it’s appropriate I’m by a stream! I’m singing first thing in the morning because I’m trying to beat the humidity and the crowds. As I admitted to my colleagues—I’m just going to make sure the video screen shot looks sexy--maybe that'll make up for thin vocals! Lol!

Song by: Amazingly, it written by the Bee Gees, “Islands in the Stream” (1983)
Performed by: Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers
Location: Georgia, USA
Site: my secret undisclosed location, stream in the woods

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