What To Do When You Hit Walls

I have been preparing to release a full CD for some time now and I have finally come up with a date....March 29, 2012. But it seems like this last month has been a struggle.

My mind is all over the place! And at times I get so overwhelmed with what I need to do, that I just don't want to do anything at all. But I know that does not accomplish anything. 

When I started social media on July 5th of this year, I hit the ground hard and took off in a full sprint. It was great to feel productive every day. It encouraged me to want to learn more about it so I could excel and then eventually help other artists. 

But as fall began to approach, I saw a shift. It is like seeing no fruits of your labor and I began to dwindle. The thing about social media is that once you start, you have to keep it up and become creative so you are not giving the same old boring things that people will easily tire of. So even though I wanted to, quitting was not an option.

I know I have a short attention span for the same old thing, so I had to think of new and interesting topics, blogs and videos to share with my public. In short, God began to give me great ideas! And often times He would also give them to my friend and branding consultant Kellie.

We would begin to collaborate and put everything to paper with precise and reachable deadlines. I then could see some things began to pick up. But as I moved forward it seemed to come to a stand still. I could feel the discouragment and dissapointment begin to set in and I started to withdraw myself from everything.

It was like hitting a brick wall over and over that was too high to climb. Connections that looked promising to get this CD project going and finished were beginning to fade into non existant relationships. Now it feels like nothing is progressing.

I fight daily to not get into a place of depression and anger. I have to continually speak positive declarations and God's word to myself to keep me from giving up. You find that people you thought cared, really don't. And people talk a good 'I care for you and I'm here when you need me' talk, however the actions don't match up. But...that's life right?

But in all this, it makes me take a look at self and see how I can be a blessing to others who are going through the same thing. Even though I can't see light on this road for me right now, I know I have gifts that will help others to be encouraged in their time of need. And sometimes in blessing others and taking the focus off of self, you find joy.

Sometimes we push so hard for our agenda. We totally forget that God knows what's best for us in our current season. The answer is always available to us if we're listening. So I will stop....and listen.
Hope you will too.



There is no road that is bump free.
No river without ripples.
No life that doesn't have changes.
But what I have learned this far is that there is a time for everything (Ecclesiates 3:1).
And the best thing to do when you hit a wall is to see what God is saying.