anon

I would do anything to see Queen live. I had the opportunity to see them in 2019 but stupidly didn’t take action because I was too young and the plans flopped. It’s my biggest regret and it’s bugging me every day. 

Unfortunately their current scheduled 2022 tour isn’t coming to my city. Obviously they’re not getting any younger unfortunately but it hurts me I might not see them live. 

It’s been my lifelong undying dream to become a successful musician. I’m 17 and look up to various artists (Queen, Bowie, Harry Styles, etc). It would fulfil all my life dreams to follow in their footsteps, however, they seemed to be more musically experienced than me. For example, Freddie Mercury was in and out of bands and learned to play piano very, very young before he rose to fame, Bowie played various instruments. I’m planning on starting piano later in the year and taking up singing lessons. I take music as a subject in school. I feel I’ll never be successful because majority of my icons were more heavily influenced by music when they were young or came from a musical background. I get panicked as I feel it’s too late for me to ever succeed. I hope to study music in university but not sure if I’m good enough. I’m not sure if I’m looking to deep into it, I just notice a pattern in all my inspirations musical journeys and it’s always that they started extremely young. It worries me loads. Should I be worried? Should I compare myself to them or should I focus solely on my journey? Is it too late for me to fulfil my biggest ambitions?

I’m not going to go into huge detail (because it’s deep) but long story short, my biggest lifelong goal is to become a successful musician. I tell myself every single day I will never ever be able to do it. I have no talent and feel constantly like I have accomplished nothing, despite being only 18. Self doubt is crushing both me and my dreams and ends in me feeling quite down all of the time. I need advice on how to aim high, have confidence and finally believe in myself and believe I’m capable of whatever I dream of

I compare myself to everyone in almost everything I do. I’m always trying to be someone else. Everyday. I want to be a successful musician when I’m older so I constantly beat myself up by feeling as if I have to follow everything they did in their life to make it or be successful. I’m always trying to be someone else. Social media doesn’t help whatsoever as I tend to doomscroll through successful people and tell myself that will never be me. I compare how I look to others, I compare my finance to others, I compare my circumstances and status to others. It’s leading to serious self doubt and negativity and I’m not sure what to do. I’m 17 and feel I’ve accomplished absolutely nothing in my life. I constantly give myself a hard time because I feel like I should be doing far better than everyone else. I have no talents or hobbies so don’t feel like there’s any areas of life I can excel in. I fear failure. I believe all of my mental issues stem from comparing myself and my self doubt

I’ve always dreamed of becoming a successful musician. Always. I look up to various artists in the industry in a very emotional and inspirational way. It’s my only life goal to fulfil my biggest dream. I have an unhealthy obsession with doubting myself and telling myself it’s impossible to make it and it’s never going to happen. I also feel extremely negative towards all situations I’m involved in. I’ve allowed myself and my dreams to be engulfed by this disbelief in myself. I haven’t told a single person about this dream, ever. No one knows about it. I don’t know where to start trying to pursue it. I have no ties with anyone who could help, hence why in my head I’ve made it seem impossible. Is there any way I can adapt to a more positive, hopeful and optimistic mindset rather than constantly putting myself down? I know I’m in control of my mindset but I’ve made so, so many attempts to change and nothing has ever worked out for me. This is my last resort 

Playing piano has always been a lifelong dream of mine. Since as far back as I can remember I’ve always wanted to play. I’m 17 (almost 18) and once lockdowns, coronavirus blows over and I can get a stable income, I’d love to start funding this dream and learning how to play. Everyone I know who plays piano started from ages 6-10 so I feel like 17/18 is too old. I’m not looking to go professional or play with an orchestra, etc. I just absolutely adore the instrument and want to play it to fulfil this dream and extend my musical knowledge. I’m definitely willing to dedicate anc commit to it but I know it may take years so I feel it’s probably something you should start as a child. How can I go about starting?

Lately I’ve been feeling particularly alone. Everyone I consider my friend considers many other people a closer friend than me. I go from one end of the day to another with no texts or chats on my phone because no one talks to me. I also when people do talk to me they lower their tone as if they’re talking to me like im a child. At almost 18, this is so patronising and really panics me. I’m never invited out or told about things happening. Someone I consider my best friend didn’t tell me she had a boyfriend until almost 6 months after the fact. All my “friends” have moved on to new people without me and I’m feeling so extremely outcasted and singled out. If anyone has any advice or tips on how I can overcome this, let me know. Thank you