Coming clean: revealing my plans for the second fish

At the beginning of the month I was spending time thinking and praying about the identity of the 2nd fish.  I came up with a tentative answer, but I kept it to myself.  Let me lay out my thinking a bit.

First, I didn’t want another job.  I already have a great job and I don’t have a lot of time.  On a related note, I didn’t want another responsibility.  People who start companies tell tales of many sacrifices at all hours.  I want to sleep at night and I don’t want to be interrupted during dinner with my family.  Pretty much, I wanted a second fish that was low maintenance.  I wanted something that could scale without taking more and more of my time.

Second, I wanted to do something that fit who I am and what I love.  When I have spare time I read or write.  I love to come to an understanding of myself and other people, of the things that matter, of the way the world works, and of how to live a good life.  If I ever had a true love affair with a textbook, it was with the Norton Anthology of English Literature.  And when I’ve wanted to celebrate things or communicate things I’ve turned to writing and to music.  It’s something that I love.

Third, I guess that since we’re in a good place financially, I can do something that would be crazy to do to support a family.  So the morning that I was fasting and praying partly for help in identifying the second fish was the morning that the time changed and I ended up alone in a dark chapel with a piano.  I played until my left pinky was sore and I had a wonderful time.  I sat down and wrote my first song for the last little while.  I decided to look into letting the second fish take the form of music.

Well, I’ve been writing and recording a song each day.  Only vocals and lyrics, and the rule is just to write something and not worry so much about whether it is amazing.  The idea is that I’ll produce something worthwhile in time if I just get started.  It’s been really fun.

I’ve now written enough songs to maybe fill a CD.  What I haven’t really started figuring out is how to make the goal of the first penny of revenue by the 22nd of December.  If you have ideas I would love to hear them.

Goodnight.