Things seem to be turning around a bit for me.
My days have been filled up with too much stress and blurriness lately, and today was a nice change of pace. I had the place to myself all day, and just decided to put things off for a little while and clear my mind. Figure out my plans.

I talked to my best friend and my Uncle today on the phone, both for a very long time. My Uncle actually called me out of the blue, I wasn't expecting it at all. I rarely ever talk to my uncles on the phone, we've just never had that kind of relationship. Apparently I was a topic of conversation at my parents house back home, and he wanted to see how I was doing. He is a very wise man, and he gave me many things to think about, and also really helped me see a new perspective of how I can deal with the challenges that are layed out before me. One thing he said to me concerning finding a new job here really stuck with me - Tell yourself at the beginning of the day that you are going to go out there and get as many "No's" as possible. Because the more no's you get, the closer you are to getting a yes. Eventually someone will say yes.

My best friend had called me just to say hi,  but we ended up talking for quite a while also. He wants to become a stuntman, It's his dream. I found a stuntman school in LA for him, and we discussed a way for him to move here and try it out. He tells me about what everyone is doing back home, and keeps me up to date on things like that. It was just really good to talk to a friend, someone familiar.

The rest of my day involved working on my music, doing a bit of recording on my compositions, and preparing myself for the weeks ahead. It was nice to just have some peace and do whatever I felt like doing at the time - without constantly worrying about my near future.

Tonight is actually the last night I will be living in the place I have been staying for the past few months. Tomorrow we are moving everything to the new place. I went there this evening with my roomates girlfriend, just to see the place and hang out. We ended up staying there a while and had some really good conversations. I haven't had too many chances to talk with her one on one, and seeing as she is going to be my roomate also I wanted to get to know her better. She's actually great to talk to, and we have become pretty good friends.

Tomorrow we move, and I will be in a new environment. The place isn't too bad, it's a historic building so it doesnt have A/C which is the major killer. The room I am staying in is quite big, and I like it. Unfortunately there is a sub-par convenience store and pool hall literally right next door to us, and I don't care much for the people that frequent it. It does make me a bit uneasy, but she has assured me that no ones ever bothered her while living there. I guess I can just look at it as yet another adventure waiting.

I think being in this new place will change things a bit. And starting tomorrow I am going to try my hardest to really look at things with a more focused, and clear mind. I want to succeed here. If I can just avoid straying from this course, I believe nothing can stop me.

Time to suck it up and get what I want out of life!