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Old Jan 22, 2020, 05:44 PM
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Thanks everyone. I don't think I know my job all that well since it's a relatively new position for me and my project focus has changed dramatically. That's my major concern. On top of that, it looks like I will be directly managing some interns this summer, so there will be a period of overlap where I'm mentoring (starting soon) and managing (starting in May). Ughhh. Basically nonstop!

Anyway, I've decided to learn guitar... for the third time. I already own two guitars and I have all the accessories (minus one important one that I lost... the tuner!). I just never stuck with it the first two times because depression took the wind out of me. However, I've been playing various instruments since I was 9 and I'll be turning 29 in May, so... we're talking 20 years of understanding music theory. I just have to get used to messing around with the guitar again.

Also, why I own two guitars... Well, I first bought an acoustic guitar and accessories when manic, but shortly thereafter, I became heavily depressed and wanted to do nothing but sleep. Then later on, I moved into an apartment and decided I was gonna start playing guitar again, but... the acoustic was too loud for the apartment, which made me realize I would annoy my neighbors. Thus, I bought an electric guitar and I just either don't plug it into the amp or I put the amp on at a low volume.
Headphones can be a good solution for volume control as well.

I would just caution you about guitars and mania. I got manic one week a few years ago and all the sudden, all these really nice guitars started showing up from FedEx. 6 beautiful guitars in three days. My partner was like, what are these? I was like, i'm not sure. I might have bought them online while I was manic. Sort of. She was furious. Really nice guitars, though. She made me sell 4 of them.
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