Hey, friends.

Well, it would appear that it's November. I blinked, recovered from tour jetlag (check out that sweet photo from Chicago, though), dove straight into releasing my first video for The Human Jukebox Project, and then finally broke down with a lousy winter cold. But as always: worked my way back to you, now haven't I?

Here are some musings and thoughts to get us back up to speed:

Hey, friends.

It's the first day of my (micro) tour! I'm on the ground in Philadelphia and already showered and working at the nearest coffee shop. An upside of jetlag if there ever was one. It's only my second time ever in Philly, so I'm feeling a little foreign. I've got rehearsals tomorrow and then the next gig is on Saturday night. I'm creating a little pop-up show at this 'industrial chic' photography studio. We'll grab some wine and paper cups and go play some tunes.

I also finished shooting the first big-scale music video over the weekend. (You can check out the behind-the-scenes photos here.) The day after filming, I had myself a little freak out. The gist of it, of course, was this:

What is even the point?

To answer, I shall share with you this little story.

Hey, friends.

Hooboy, my October tour for #thehumanjukeboxproject is all the sudden just one week away. And I actually seem to have everything under control, more or less. If you're going to be in Philadelphia on October 10 or Chicago on October 16, you are personally and officially invited to come hang out.

And *before* that, I am singing at a charity concert at Factory Berlin tomorrow, and shooting my first big-scale, I-even-have-a-hair-and-make-up-girl music video on Sunday. Creation, baby! Lots and lots of creation.

I was at a techie event a couple months ago and did some casual, networky chatting before the speaker started. I was telling this potential client/person about my content strategy work withThe Dots Creative, and we were definitely vibing on a business level. And then he asked me that question.

Hey, friends.

Yesterday, I watched this super rad interview with Elizabeth Gilbert, the writer. She talks about her relationship to work after achieving the highest success possible in her line of work: writing a book so big that Julia Roberts plays you in the film adaptation of your own life.

In this interview, she said something cool: "You don't like it? Go write your own f*cking book. And guess what, you won't. And I did, and that means I won. If you can just *finish* something, you are ten miles ahead of everyone else."

Which naturally, I dug. As you know, I have this theory that it's phenomenally simple to be better than 97% of your competition just by doing. In the case of hunting down your first job (or your next promotion), there are a couple things you can do that will automatically put you in a strong spot.