Hello Again - Fake Grad. School - Year II

I need this blog again.  I want this blog again.  Those who read it over the past two years may recall that I used it to manage the thoughts and feelings I felt while creating and producing a music festival, something I had had no experience doing before.  

The Takoma Porch Music Festival happened for a second time this past May 17th and it went crazy well; I was even nominated for a local award!  The weather was perfect and any glitches were so minor that they're barely worth noting.  While the daily work of organizing it was not particularly easy, I didn't feel the need to blog about it.  My strongest emotion this time around wasn't the terror of creating something that required my believing in my strengths in spite of my weaknesses but rather enduring the frustration of not enough time, money nor energy to create and publicize the kind of music festival I know Takoma Porch can be.  So huzzah! to progress of sorts.


Now that that huge project is currently off my table, I've been thinking about how to approach the next year of my life.  That alone is a new concept for me.  Meds, therapy and creating the festival have helped me to conceptualize time somewhat better than before.,...well, ever.  

This time around I've laid out books to read, web sites to guide me and two second year projects.  The time frame is June 2014 - June 2015.  Here is my syllabus:

Texts: 

• ADD and Your Money: A Guide to Personal Finance for Adults with Attention-Deficit Disorder by Stephanie Moulton Sarkis and Karl Klein

  

• Making Money in Your PJs - Freelancing for voice-over and other solopreneurs by Paul Strikwerda

•  The Complete Idiots GD to Music Composition by Michael Miller

ADHD website I've found most helpful:

• Working with ADHD

Second Year Projects:

• Create a full functioning live show with paid performers with funding from a crowd-sourcing site.  

•  Create and make public my own website.