Curate. aka Sometimes, you just need a theme song.

I have been doing a lot of deep thinking lately.

I am cutting back. Not retreating, just.......filtering. I need to stop saying yes to everything, and then either being so strung out or spread thin that I am not really THERE when I need to be - or when I said I would be.

I want to be fun, I want to be busy, I want to be involved, I want to be supportive. But cannot do every damn wonderful thing there is. Sad but true.

So this year my word is "Curate". I thought it was other words. I considered "prioritize" and then bounced around the thesaurus in my head. And I settled on "curate". Pick and choose and design the life that reflects me.

And this is my theme song: "Supply and Demand" by Amos Lee



This is just a link to the studio recording - there are lots of good live versions, but it can hard to understand the lyrics sometimes, so enjoy this version first, then dive in, he's got lots of good stuff. xo

"Supply and Demand"
Somethin’ gotta give with the way I’m livin’
Seems I’m gettin’ down everyday
The more I strive, the less I’m alive
And seems I’m gettin’ further away

Oh well all my superstitions and my crazy suspicions
Of the people that I care about
I been doin’ more screamin’ than i been doin’ dreamin’
And I think it’s time I figured it out

Yeah baby I need a plan to understand
That life ain’t only supply and demand

I been goin’ joggin’ in the park after dark
Draggin’ ’round with me my ball and chain
Took southern skies to make me realize
That I’m causin’ myself this pain

The woman that I’m lovin’ yeah I’m pushin’ and shovin’
Getting further on by the day
And I can’t understand how the heart of this man
Ever let it end up this way

Yeah baby I need a plan to understand
That life ain’t only supply and demand

When the road gets dark and lonesome dear
You can find me here
But honey you don’t know where I am
You need a frieeeend yeeaahh

Life ain’t easy in fact I know it’s sleazy
When you’re the big man in town
Shakin’ religions and makin’ decisions
You never get to slow on down

Well your wife and your baby you tell them yeah well maybe
I’ll meet y’all at a weekend resort
Put your eyes on the prize and you can realize
Your little girl’s life’s so short

Brother you need a plan to understand
That life ain’t only supply and demand
Yeah sister you need a plan to understand
That life ain’t only supply and demand

Hey, you better figure it out now
You know you ain’t comin’ back down, yeah
You better figure it out now
You know you ain’t comin’ back down