Dear world,
I am writing this letter for many reasons. The first and most foundational being my lifelong desire to be an international pop star.
All the other reasons more or less flow from that. You see, I have tried an immeasurable number of manifestation techniques to achieve said desire, and none of them have gotten me there yet (though I am a great deal closer than where I started). So it's time to try something new.
A while back, I heard about a guy who started writing daily e-mails to a list of 10 recipients or so. After a decade of consistent entries, his subscriber list was in the millions. All because he was consistent. I figure, maybe that's what I oughta do.
The truth is, I've always been a writer. It soothes me. And consequentially, I have stewarded numerous creative projects over the years. But the challenge with monetizing those works is that it requires a lot of business know-how which tends to take away from the writing itself.
For the last few years, I was relatively dark on social media, mostly for the fact that I was caught up in other disciplines and didn't have time for a daily writing commitment. Or at least that's how it seemed.
But I'm starting to really understand that I need such a commitment, if for no other productive reason than to honor my inner voice.
Beyond that, I believe this practice will serve as a natural antidote to my paralyzing perfectionism, fear of being seen, and other creative blocks that I face in the development of various artistic endeavors. After all, isn't art simply the consistent practice of bearing one's soul?
The final reason for this letter, and ultimately, my commitment to a daily blog, is to build an ongoing connection between myself and the audience, which will in turn allow me to write better music for them. As I continue on this path towards musical superstardom, I realize that I need to maintain that constant connection, letting fans in on the glimmers of my life and psyche.
My rock band is nearing our third show, and I'm learning just how much manual effort and emotional energy it takes to get people to show up at each and every event. It feels kinda icky to promote myself that way– like I'm begging people to come out and appease me. And of course, my friends often do, because fellow artists have each other's backs like that.
But I want strangers– people who don't owe me any favors– to attend my performances because it feels good and they want to hear what I have to say. Hopefully this blog will help me reach more of those people.
So anyway. This is the first of many letters written for whoever is reading now or in the future. Who knows what they will consist of... It will be something, that's for sure.
My perfectionism already tried to strangle me fifty times while I was typing, but I'm sure that will get better in time. This is good. I have a good feeling about this.
Ttyt,
Hannah