2026 03 17
Clayton Hauck Clayton Hauck

2026 03 17

Yesterday was a tough day in the sense that I became firmly aware that I am stretching myself too thin, doing too many things, without enough support being applied to the main branches of my life. Itโ€™s tough because I want to do so many things, and explore all of the ideas stewing in my brain, but I need to learn that itโ€™s better to focus on a few of them at time to ensure Iโ€™m giving them enough support to stand on their own.

The catalyst for this feeling was Kevin Covalโ€™s City So Real podcast, which I was a guest on. I was honored to be asked and mostly enjoyed the conversation, however, in typical me fashion was also left regretting much of what was said and not said. There were answers I wish I could revisit and topics Iโ€™d wanted to dive into but, as is often the case in the moment, were missed. Itโ€™s likely Iโ€™m over-thinking things and the conversations was fine, if not even good. But the anxiety I felt afterwards was real nonetheless. So real!

My lasting takeaway is that I need to improve my abilities to fluidly discuss topics I am choosing to focus my energies on. Learning to talk as an artist is as important (if not, realistically, even far more important) than making the art.

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