Personally, as a liberal arts major, this is the future I see for myself:
Work: I do some 40-hour-a-week job I don't mind doing -- heck, I might even like the people. This keeps a roof over my head and lets me do what I want in the meantime.
Home life: I get an apartment, maybe a house with some friends until I get married, at which point I move out and live there.
Band: Armed with the income of a full-time day job, I play as often as I can afford to and rehearse/record/play in the evenings. This maintains my sanity.
In Man's Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl talked about young men coming to him and feeling generally despondent about their futures and prospects. They were unemployed and weren't likely to find work any time soon. He advised them to volunteer somewhere, help out in the community. When they did this, they suddenly felt a little better about their situations, a little more hopeful
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Biased though I may be also, I think your drumming is fine. Practicing more will give you more confidence with playing overall, and will help you to feel better about the abilities you DO have.
I mean, if you want to set me in front of your drum set and see what I do, it could help show you what sucking really is.
And having you in my life is a good thing. You aren't worthless. You are a major part of what my life is right now and I wouldn't want it any other way.
Even if you aren't motivated (as I'm not either), I see you as an amazing person. Your friends agree with me and have told me what a good guy you are on multiple occasions, so I know this is true. Trust me.
Last month a young lady walked into one of my classrooms and gave me a brochure for her company. Her company takes people all over the world on tours for academic and humanitarian purposes. She was 26, and is high enough in the company that she's in charge of a lot of what's going on.
This is my sister's dream job. Why isn't my sister doing that job? Because she refuses to do what that woman did: take the shitty, entry-level position at a company that does what she loves, then work up.
Not a day goes by when I'm talking to my sister where she doesn't express regret for not having a job she loves, even though she knows exactly what she should do.
So here's my advice, even though I'm in no position to give any: go and get a bullshit, entry-level position somewhere at a company that ... I dunno, makes comic books or something else amazing. Move back in with your parents, do anything to make it affordable. In 1 year, 3 years, whatever, you can move up
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Work: I do some 40-hour-a-week job I don't mind doing -- heck, I might even like the people. This keeps a roof over my head and lets me do what I want in the meantime.
Home life: I get an apartment, maybe a house with some friends until I get married, at which point I move out and live there.
Band: Armed with the income of a full-time day job, I play as often as I can afford to and rehearse/record/play in the evenings. This maintains my sanity.
In Man's Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl talked about young men coming to him and feeling generally despondent about their futures and prospects. They were unemployed and weren't likely to find work any time soon. He advised them to volunteer somewhere, help out in the community. When they did this, they suddenly felt a little better about their situations, a little more hopeful ( ... )
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I mean, if you want to set me in front of your drum set and see what I do, it could help show you what sucking really is.
And having you in my life is a good thing. You aren't worthless. You are a major part of what my life is right now and I wouldn't want it any other way.
Even if you aren't motivated (as I'm not either), I see you as an amazing person. Your friends agree with me and have told me what a good guy you are on multiple occasions, so I know this is true. Trust me.
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This is my sister's dream job. Why isn't my sister doing that job? Because she refuses to do what that woman did: take the shitty, entry-level position at a company that does what she loves, then work up.
Not a day goes by when I'm talking to my sister where she doesn't express regret for not having a job she loves, even though she knows exactly what she should do.
So here's my advice, even though I'm in no position to give any: go and get a bullshit, entry-level position somewhere at a company that ... I dunno, makes comic books or something else amazing. Move back in with your parents, do anything to make it affordable. In 1 year, 3 years, whatever, you can move up ( ... )
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