I've decided that music can't be my only real passion anymore. Whilst I'm by no means giving up - I still intend to dedicate a good amount of time to it - I feel like that after 8 years it's potentially inhibiting my personal growth to define myself purely as a composer.

I mean, even if I'm successful by my own measurements, it'd never be enough to make a living (not that that's the point). And it kind of sucks having your actual job be something you're apathetic about. If I'm spending a decent amount of time having to do something, then ideally that thing would be something that I'm passionate about, right?

Basically, I'd like to be able to pour the same amount of eager energy into my livelihood as I do my composition work.

To that end, I've started training myself in front end web development. I've been doing the respective track on Treehouse and it's awesome. I feel like I've already learnt tonnes and I'm already kind of enamoured with CSS. Like, I had a vague idea of what it was but to find out how even simple code can powerfully shape a website is exciting. My ultimate first project is to create a modern, professional website for the new flagship SaaS web application I've been helping to project manage with third-party developers. To this end, I've managed to get permission to dedicate an hour of my work day to my learning and development of this.