Don’t worry about what is going around you just focus on what you are creating and don’t stop creating or doing something cause of the ideas you have there is a reason as to why you are getting them. Don’t block your blessing. Read more to hear why this is important to practice everyday.
Hi friends!
I know that it has been a while since we’ve written a newsletter and your inbox is probably hurting cause you haven’t got that fire email from TWE. Okay, probably not, but hey we can believe it.
Anyway, it’s been a crazy few months! If you are following us on Instagram which if you aren’t then I don’t know why not. But for those that have been following us on Instagram, we’ve been doing a lot of fun things!
For example, we did some traveling in the Summer. We threw 3 concerts. We went to Chicago, New York, & Denver. First off I’m extremely grateful for those that performed at our show and also for those that shared our flyer, bought tickets, and just sent us support. I’m glad that you are all in my life & TWE as well.
These concerts were a dream in the making! I remember a few months before these shows happened I was feeling lost and discouraged. I felt like I need to challenge myself and so I decided that I was going to throw some concerts. And with the help of you all and support we made it happen. But, all of these shows were very close to not happening simply because of money. I just had enough money to pay for these trips, artists, and all of the other expenses. Especially in New York, I was a day away from not going but the money came through and by God’s grace it worked out. More on this in a later article coming out tomorrow.
I have so many amazing stories that occurred during this summer that I might just share in an audio version of this newsletter. But I’ll share a quick story so when I was traveling into JFK I didn’t get a hotel cause I was only going to be in New York for like a day and then head back home. So, I decided to stay in the airport like I normally do but apparently at JFK you can’t do that so I got kicked out and had to stay in baggage claim for like 8 hours. That night I didn’t sleep and it was the most painful but freeing experience I’ve ever had. More on these experiences in an audio version of the newsletter or podcast.
Now, to some serious topic and to the reasoning behind the TWE break. One of the reasons why is I’ve been off for the last few months. I just haven’t been myself and have felt like I don’t really want to do TWE or really do much stuff. The reasoning behind this is when I finished those 3 concerts and when everything was all said and done I had to come home and continue living my life. By this I mean when I was traveling and throwing concerts I was putting all of my focus on this one thing and I wasn’t worried about life, money, relationships, or what have you but when I came home it’s like everything just hit me.
We recently celebrated 5 years! Thank you for that by the way! I might create a separate article just saying thank you for 5 years! Anyway, the realization of doing TWE for 5 years just recently hit, and to be honest with you I was equally happy and discouraged/disappointed at the same time. You know I’m happy because I’ve stuck with TWE for 5 years and without the love and support of all of you TWE would be nothing.
But more importantly, the reason behind being disappointed was that I felt like I haven’t accomplished anything and that I feel like I’m lost and struggling with this project. I feel like I’m not where I should be. I haven’t made any progress or any money or anything and was just lost. And not only that but I recorded a podcast episode that I was going to release talking about how “happy” I’m with TWE but after listening to it my gut told me not to post it. So, this left me with a moral decision do I go against my gut and publish this episode, or do I listen to my gut knowing that this episode would come out forced and disingenuous. I decided to listen to my gut and not post the episode. To be honest no one of you is going to listen to it and it’s not like I said anything bad it’s just that I promised myself and made it a thing that whatever we publish it can’t be forced it has to come out of good intentions.
One thing that I’ve learned from all of this is that I was creating and doing things for validation of others and also out of this need to prove that I was “successful” and for people to notice me. Instead of creating out of a heart of experimentation, love, good intentions, and not for the validation of others.
I think the moral of the story is that when you create things for others to validate you when the validation stops and you go back to you’re life stuff starts to become harder and less interesting. But when you create for yourself and for good intentions it’s easier cause you have no expectations and you are able to get quiet with yourself and really create something amazing.
I know that this is a very long newsletter so if you read all the way to the bottom you are amazing and I owe you like a coffee or something cause that’s serious dedication to read all of this. But, this is something that I needed to get off my chest and I feel so much better. When I created TWE I made it a goal that we will be as transparent and honest with you all as much as possible and I feel as though you are all part of the TWE crew so it’d only make sense for me to share what is on my heart! Experiencing this transformation phase it’s good to have a supportive environment around me that accepts me for who I am and also accepts TWE for what it is.
And don’t worry TWE isn’t going anywhere, as a matter of fact, we are going to be bigger and better! I feel so much better and I’m ready with the help of you all and my team to make TWE amazing! We’ve got some amazing things that are happening and we can’t wait to share them with you all. In the meantime keep creating for yourself and make sure you have good intentions and don’t chase external validation just be comfortable being quiet with yourself and realizing that your time will come. Don’t worry about what is going around you just focus on what you are creating and don’t stop creating or doing something cause of the ideas you have there is a reason as to why you are getting them. Don’t block your blessing.
Anyway! I’m grateful and blessed that you are all with TWE & me. It means to the world that you support us. We love you all!
Take care!
Daniel Mathia Founder of The Wandering Ear
PS: Big love to Andi for helping out with TWE!
If you loved this newsletter share this with a friend! We will try to write a newsletter every month or at the very least every other month. Also, we might be turning this into an audio newsletter stay tuned for that. Lastly, keep an eye out for our next article where we talk about some community support that we need and will be needed for the next few months!