Escapism Is...

Times can get rough real fast. Sometimes there's just nothing we can do about it except put on some good old comfort music and let our minds slip away for awhile.

I have a few bands and artists that fit that bill for me. Anything Stone Temple Pilots or Live always drifts my back to simpler times in high school, early Travis brings back the fun times of college, Soundgarden reminds me of close friends from years ago, Buckcherry reminds me of parties past, and Magnet brings back memories from when the fiancé and I first started dating. Depending on my particular mood on any given day and the memories I need to relax me, I can pull up these bands on my iPhone and slip away for a few minutes.

Music has always been my go to escape. Books and video games also work, but much less ubiquitous in every day life. I can sit at my desk at work with my headphones in and no one cares, but if I tried to boot up World of Warcraft during a "mental health" break, I'm thinking that I'd be summoned to the chambers of HR fairly quickly.

Blogging has become an escape for me as well because it's something else I can do while at work without my consequence. I've always needed a creative outlet for my energies and that use to be song-writing, but while that has taken a bit more of a back burner in recent years, I've turned more to the in-the-moment release that blogging can provide. If you've read my older posts, it should be pretty obvious that most of what I write is unchecked emotion. I've never been the type to write a post and revisit it over and over again, meticulously changing words and phrases, prior to hitting that little publish button. I write, spell check, do a quick once over and add any formatting at the same time, then hit publish.

So what's my point, you may be asking? We all have things that we do to help us deal with issues in tough times. If you're me and a little ADD, you have several things you do in tough times. Other than just stating that, there's no real point to this post other than to give some love to this near neglected blog that desperately needs a facelift.