I’m Carey Martin. I’m a mom, wife, musician, artist, athlete, and newbie writer. I seek out adventure, learning, opportunities to teach and share, and creativity with everything I do. I’m a highly goal-oriented, time blocking, efficiency seeking person. I love personal projects and challenges, especially when including others, always seeking to be our best selves. Throw in a pile of books that I will finish in a few days and that pretty well rounds me out.
I am married to my best friend and soul mate, David, and I have had 4 babies. We have built a unique life by design that is based on honoring who each of us is and what our interests are. I am not on social media and we have chosen to keep our family life private, so you will only see and hear about what is relevant to the stories I share.
Adventures are common, especially if I can explore new trails in my Jeep, go camping, and plan a photoshoot. That’s my dream vacation.
My degrees are in classical music performance for French Horn, B.Mus. and M.Mus. I also play piano, violin, mandolin, guitar, and a whole pile of other instruments. My music career began at age 6 and has taken me all over the world. Schools – Rice University, The Curtis Institute of Music, and Interlochen Arts Academy.
My art is varied. Photography is my passion but I also do fiber arts – dyeing, spinning, knitting, and crochet. I have a tiny fraction of my photography work in my gallery here. Both my photography and fiber art have been featured in multiple publications.
Running has been my primary sport for many years, offering me the freedom to be outside, enjoy moving meditation, set and achieve lofty goals, and live within Flow. I have run a handful of Ultras and multi-day stage races solo and with David both nationally and internationally. It has been a binding force for us.
At one point I accidentally became an Elite Stair Climb Racer.
I also love to lift weights and am currently turning my focus in that direction. (You’ll read about it in the blog.) Also, I ride our Peloton. And do yoga, and hike, and play outside, and try to do handstands. I hope to return to Nordic skiing at the end 2021. Movement is freedom in every way.
Writing, I’ve just begun. I’ve been speaking English and writing words and communicating in general my whole life, but I’ve never made a concerted effort to write regularly and share like I am with this blog. As I bumble through the drafts I write and share here, I am improving my writing. And as I improve my writing, I am improving my life.
I have had a meandering path with careers and jobs, ever interested in “too many things.” At some point along the way I was – online fitness coach, certified personal trainer, PT assistant, massage therapist, massage therapy school instructor, running coach, lifeguard, camp director, music teacher, school bus driver (no joke), swimming teacher, reader for the blind, bagel cutter, McDonald’s french fry fryer, and a pile of other random things.
“Carey Martin, find your focus.”
Someday all of these things will coalesce into my grand life purpose. In the meantime, I’m keeping on with being passionate about life and all it has to offer.