{"id":177509,"date":"2024-06-16T15:39:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T14:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=177509"},"modified":"2024-06-16T15:39:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T14:39:43","slug":"when-you-feel-you-have-done-enough-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/06\/16\/when-you-feel-you-have-done-enough-but\/","title":{"rendered":"When You Feel You Have Done Enough But &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-off-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">What to do when you realise you have started repeating yourself and the inspiration has slipped away? That is where I am now. Its difficult. It&#8217;s a hiatus. Ho Hum. What if anything comes next.<br>At the time of writing I have also had a gig cancelled due to the weather. I was on my way driving and got a message but fortunately I had not gone too far. So on with the motley, but just not today. So I shall start working on a recording of a new song, though it&#8217;s an effort as I am not really in the mood but I need to keep occupied with something as its really flattened my mood not playing a gig today.  Food may help \ud83d\ude42<br><\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1444283473&amp;color=%238c8cc8&amp;auto_play=true&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Diana Stones Glasscage\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diana Stones Glasscage<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Nothing To See Here Now Ok\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/nothing-to-see-here-now-ok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nothing To See Here Now Ok<\/a><\/div>\n\n<ul class=\"is-grid columns-3 has-authors wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/last-cigarette'>Last Cigarette<\/a><\/div><span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/what-you-got'>What You Got<\/a><\/div><span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/get-a-little-friendlier-one'>Get A Little Friendlier One Day<\/a><\/div><span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/nothing-to-see-here-nothings'>Nothing To See Here Nothings Changed<\/a><\/div><span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/my-dream-cant-change-it'>My Dream Cant Change It<\/a><\/div><span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/try-it-out-wheres-your-sense'>Try it out, Wheres your Sense of adventure<\/a><\/div><span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/parlour-music-no1'>Parlour Music no1<\/a><\/div><span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/come-the-rain-radio-edit'>Come The Rain<\/a><\/div><span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/just-be-nice'>Just Be Nice<\/a><\/div><span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/when-will-we-come-here-again'>When Will We Come Here Again<\/a><\/div><span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/heat-haze-for-piano-bb-minor'>Heat Haze for Piano Bb Minor<\/a><\/div><span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/its-so-very-very-warm'>Its So Very Very Warm<\/a><\/div><span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/the-way-i-look-at-you'>The Way I Look at You<\/a><\/div><span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/totally-wrecked-by-desire'>Totally Wrecked By Desire<\/a><\/div><span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/lonely-fish-remix-radio-edit'>Lonely Fish (Remix Radio Edit)<\/a><\/div><span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/good-hard-times'>Good Hard Times<\/a><\/div><span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/i-just-dont-understand-the'>I just dont understand the world anymore<\/a><\/div><span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/dearest-unrequited-love'>Dearest Unrequited Love<\/a><\/div><span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/i-had-a-plan-i-guess'>I had a Plan I Guess<\/a><\/div><span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div 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That is where I am now. Its difficult. It&#8217;s a hiatus. Ho Hum. What if anything comes next.At the time of writing I have also had a gig cancelled due to the weather. I was on my way &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/06\/16\/when-you-feel-you-have-done-enough-but\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">When You Feel You Have Done Enough But &#8230;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,60,4,3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diana_stones_songs","category-glass-cage","category-music","category-musings","category-whatever"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-Kb3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":179061,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/06\/22\/still-too-hot\/","url_meta":{"origin":177509,"position":0},"title":"Still too hot.","author":"diana Stone","date":"June 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"It's still to hot for me. Here's a short Piano mood piece. Just a modal minor tune.It might grow into something else as well though. Diana Stones Glasscage \u00b7 Afterthought For Piano I feel very worn again. 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Although though it was not a huge attendance the audience is quite responsive and the playing is OK so that will hopefully help with the profile. 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