My best friend asked me for advice on choosing her major. This is what came out. Then I realized it's probably the best advice I've ever given. I wish I'd known this a couple of years ago when I was 17 and starting college and torn about what to do with myself...
"From experience, the only advice I feel comfortable giving at present is that if you know it's not for you, don't do it. Don't do it to please your parents, or your family, or peers. Don't do it for the bragging rights. Just do it because you know that's what's going to make you happy for the rest of your life. Because you can't put a price tag on that."
It took me literally 2 minutes to come up with that, and as soon as I typed it out, I knew it was right. Being on the stage is not just a past-time for me. It's not something I want to do here and there. It's something I do all the time, every waking minute of the day. I get a rush from performing like nothing else gives me. Words seem inadequate beside the multitude of feelings I experience whenever I sing and act, and I know nothing could possibly replace it.
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