As a musician, I often get wrapped up into my work to the point where I’ve done nothing else all day. In the short term, I get a lot done.

It’s important to remember that in order to have some insight and ability to interpret and write music, we all need social connections. We need to live; not isolated, but amongst real people face-to-face. As physical health, emotional health, mental health and many more facets of our health are so important, social health is often neglected. Send a note, reach out to a family member, have coffee with a friend, get out and be with people and interact with them. Your music with thrive as a result. You will feel whole

I highly recommend the TED talk by Kasley Killam on this subject