Before tour, you make lots of plans for what you’ll do: How many places you’ll visit, how many people you’ll talk to, how many social media posts you’ll make, how many videos you’ll make.

Then you get on tour, and reality sets in. Putting on shows is hard work, so it’s tough to get as much sleep as you need. You take care of the basics (showering, eating, laundry, setting up for shows, playing shows, tearing down and loading out after shows), and realize you don’t have as much time or energy as you thought you would. So you take care of some essentials (sending emails about the upcoming shows, thanking people on socials for coming, moving photos and videos to the external hard drive, etc), and all of a sudden the day is over and you accomplished maybe 50% of your to-do list.

That’s just like life, I think. I’ve always been a little envious of people who seem to be ok with just sitting and relaxing. That was never my way, though. I get bored after too long. I’ve always dreamed of exploring, building things, seeing the world, experiencing as much as I can in the time I have between birth and death. I’m trying to get better about living in the moment and not thinking too long about all the things I want to do.