It’s been a while. I don’t have any excuses on this one, other than motivation has been waning on anything that is not work related and not sports related. Each passing year feels like I have less and less time for me and more time for “everyone else” instead.

So its a new year, 2023. I’ve made it another year. I keep telling myself I need to watch the film “This is 40” again with my new outlook. No, I’m not yet 40, but I’m pretty much 40 in my head already, so watching the movie would be from a different perspective as a kindred spirit. I already watched “The 40 Year Old Virgin” again and it was just as funny as every time I watch it. I do love that movie.

Goals this year? Make it through the year, preferably, with considerably less debt. The only way to make this happen is to slow down spending and increasing saving. I don’t foresee any issue with curtailing my spending, but with an imminent buyout of my employer I do worry about my savings. Ultimately, I am a believer in fate, as I always have been. What’s meant to happen will happen. It’s guided me this far and I suspect it will guide me further down this road as we tread forward. Health and fitness is a continual goal but the perceived lack of time means I need to make time for my health. This has been difficult since becoming a manager. I’m still waiting for the “next big break” to change this routine I’ve assumed.

So, “Building A Ladder” is a song I want to document in this journal. I selected it as a talking point prior to exercising my fingers with this post. It is the final track off of the second album, Choose Your Weapon, from soul collective Hiatus Kaiyote. This is a group I was initially introduced to with their breakout song Nakamarra and debut album Tawk Tomahawk, about ten years ago. That being said, it has only been recently that I took a special liking to “Building a Ladder” after hearing it again via a Drake sample in “Free Smoke,” his opening track from More Life.

The song is very much a soul track, and to me, it is very introspective. It’s one of those sit in a recliner of a dimly lit room with a glass of your favorite beverage, put on some headphones, close your eyes and relax jams. At the same time, its a toe tapper. It really is right up my alley.

I’ve found myself coming back to it for at least a month now, moving on to two months. I can’t seem to escape it. It might just be the track of 2023 for me. I’m hoping its energy can guide me all the way through to 2024, hopefully in a better place than I was the year prior. Here’s to good vibes!