My music, my life

Excuses is what it sounds like. "It's an artistic mind, something too difficult to pursue, something too unstable, and with great difficulty when predicting its success" Then they say, "Instead of music why don't you focus on something else, get a college degree, and just get a good job afterwards." That sounds like a smart way of life, but it's music what I truly desire. So what do I do? When my music is small, nothing but a guitar, a voice, and a piano? Exactly that! that, is what I do, because that is all I truly need. Being abroad is difficult though, because I lack all the instruments, and the approval to sing in my tiny dorm where everyone can hear everything. Nevertheless, when I am back in the States I will continue to pursue this dream. I feel like this field is the field where I genuinely feel happy, feel alive, feel like I could do it forever. Out of all the talents I posses, this one gives me a sense of direction in my life.

For the past five years I have been from one side to the other trying to figure out what my vocation, or simply what my degree will be. I've gone from architect, to graphic designer, to psychologist, to social worker, to human resources, to entrepreneur/business owner, to writer, to musician, to who knows what. Which one is it going to be? Entrepreneurship, communication, and music are my solids. It makes sense, and I am happy I boiled it down to those. Today I am a student working on a communication studies major, and a minor in business, while pursuing my music on the side. All there is left to do, is go very hard, give it my all.

As much negativity I get from other people, parents, friends, girlfriend, professors, society, I will never give up on my music, no matter if it never goes anywhere. No matter if it doesn't generate any money, my heart will always feel alive in this place. I love it, and as cliché as it sounds, that is what matters in the end. What ever it is that you are sure you love, keep working on it, it does not matter if it doesn't seem to have potential for a career in life, or to generate any revenue, just do it, at least as a side activity. You owe it to yourself. Do yourself a favor, treat yourself, do what makes you happy, what makes you smile, what makes you feel like life is actually a beautiful adventure. An adventure where the camera is always rolling. An adventure where you are given a set of time, in a pool of 7 billion people, with each moment passing by never to return again, and infinite opportunities left and right. Let it motivate you to accept the things you cannot change. Use that motivation, and allow it to burn a desire to change the habits that are holding you back from becoming the amazing you that is so eager to show the world what he/she is made of.


Happy Thursday and thank you for reading!