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Day One Hundred Thirty Five (Year Seven)

So, today was the day I finally got to sit down and really start to block out my plans for the end of the year/start of 2017.  I know I've been talking about it for what feels like a long time now, but tonight there is actual, solid proof of my efforts sitting in a notebook downstairs in the studio.

I got smart and broke things down based on whether I want/feel the need to get them done before the end of the year, or whether they are better served being finished in the new year.  There are definitely some similar, if not identical things to the list I made about this time last year (that whole moving thing took up about the whole middle part of my year), but there are some new things added in, which is cool.

Still mainstays on the list are: recording projects, learning "A History of Rock N' Roll in 100 Riffs," and playing more acoustic than I do.  Based on a few things I know about my approach heading into next year, all of those things should be possible.

I know that I could stand to do a bit more work on my list, add some other things and such, but for tonight, what I have will have to do.  I'd be shocked, however, if more wasn't added to it between now and the end of the year.
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