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As depressing as it is to say, there is almost no chance for me to do the things I need to do for a living, or get the recognition I would like. And I don’t know how long my inspiration will last, where else am I supposed to get inspiration, from life? Especially where I live, there is a lot of talent that will not be heard/seen/read/etc, the recognition that people deserve will not be given because of society and our secludedness. It makes me feel hollow, I have always really known that I would probably end up doing something that I don’t enjoy just to live, but I really thought about it recently. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to get to the end of my life and realise that I am unfulfilled and dissatisfied. I mean, I will still do the things I love doing because it makes me happy, and I enjoy it and I believe in what I do no matter how many people don’t. But it really is depressing knowing that the probability of getting a break and anything coming out of it is pretty low. In a way it makes me feel really claustrophobic, I like to know that I can get out of a place that I don’t like with ease, I don’t trains, planes, or being too far from home. Similarly, I want to be able to change things in a situation, but I can’t change this situation, or my life. I can try, and I suppose it is the most important thing, but I would like to succeed to an extent. But I don’t want to make an essay of it, I have to write a uni essay today. I just thought I would let you know that I feel dissatisfied with life right now. I don’t know if anyone feels the same, surely some must. Parents and teachers always tell the children; ‘you can be anything you want to be, you can achieve your dreams…’ It is false advertising. Especially in Australia, where we don’t have a culture of our own, and no one gives a fuck about creativeness, or us youth. We have an extremely high youth suicide rate and they wonder why. People can’t relate to one another, nor do they want to. Nothing is changing, things are getting worse. |
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I know. |
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I've been thinking about a few things lately. I'm brainstorming the idea of getting like-minded people all working together in some way. Not just musicians, but all kinds of artists and others with different talents that may not be related to music. I haven't really gotten to far with the idea yet, but we need some sort of revolution to open peoples minds or something. Strength in numbers. Right? |
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I think it is like that in most places. ...Good thing for our ability as humans to connect with each other, even if we don't make a living doing what we love most, there is still a "market" out there for us. Most people don't love what they do, but that's just part of life, part of living in a "civilised" society with rules/laws and capitalism, etc... Most people compromise and choose to give up a bit of their true happiness from doing what they truly want, in order to be more successful and conform to society. And they may appear outwardly to be happy because they are being payed more, respected, and have all the shit they want, etc., but not doing what they truly want to will have an effect on them. You can choose to be part of the rat-race or just escape from it, and most likely never get the prize, but if that's truly what you wanted, you will have lived in a way that you can be proud about, and not feel the regret of living life as a being that's something other than yourself. But no matter what you choose, it's good, in my opinion, to think about things like this, and to ask yourself if you truly are happy. And not just be told that you are, and believe it. Good luck. |
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your life can be happy and comfortable, there are more REALISTIC goals you can set to make your life more comfortable, once you find a realistic way ot do things, just start working at it, one step a day at a time. |
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refund is right. i felt the same not long ago so i thought of something to fill the emptiness and what i always had wanted to start was playing piano. it's way better now the moment you lean back in frustration you have already lost. living costs much effort, at least my life does. |
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We are brought up in sociecty through a proccess of socialisation to think that we are all going to be rich and famous. The harsh reality is that the chances are, it isn't going to happen. But then, why is it so harsh? The life they say is better? Society today makes us feel that if we are not rich or have a great job then we have a bad quality of life. Why conform to these rules though? People today are flocks of sheep. I can't deny that I am one of those sheep and I can imagine that everyone here is too. Just think of people in third world countries. They are unhappy because they don't have enough food and drink or a decent shelter. Give them these and their life would improve dramatically. In those places, they don't have dreams like us. Their biggest dreams are to just have a job, which is something we can get easily enough. However I can't specualte too much, because how I see third world countries is controlled by media. It's about breaking down those barriers. It's about not caring about society. Society is a money hungry bitch, run by mass media. The roles that we receive in our lives are only there as another form of control, son, father, mother, bachelor etc. The problem is, this has all been nurtured so much, it's become second nature to us. The only way for this to end would be for everyone give up. You see, giving up, destroys the system. We are controlled in a way that we get a job, make money, make the world go round. If that stopped, the system would stop. No more, shattered dreams. No more greed. It's sad that humanity has created this. There's nothing we can do about it. It's only the clever ones that cheat the system. If you have a dream, you don't get there by how society tells you how, but how it doesn't. |
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I think there's this image that unless you've made it by the time you're 20 you've fucked up and you're over the hill without a chance, which is absolute bollocks. You have plenty of time to work things out, do a couple of crappy jobs and aim at what you want to do. |
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thankyou for reading and for the responses. What all of you have said is true and quite helpful. I just had a realisation period and it was pretty depressing, but there is something to be done. I also am one of those conformist sheep, and I sometimes would like the will to break out of it. But in a way it can be comforting, as can being depressed and angstful. But your posts made me feel better, a little more hopeful in many ways. I appreciate you all taking your time to read and respond. I will come back a bit later and post again, I am pretty tired and I want to make some music before I go to bed. Thanks again. |
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I agree with that. And I also ''agree'' with everything Staplemouth said in his first post, and I feel the same way... sometimes. Staplemouth- what ARE your ambitions and goals, what are you so upset about missing out on/being unable to accomplish? Anything specific? For me, I also dread doing something I really don't enjoy doing, for the rest of my life. I really can't think of any realistically attainable job or career that I'd enjoy, I'm just not the kind of person that can derive pleasure from that kind of stuff. But I'm too young to be worrying about that right now, like Dog Belch said. I have other goals and ambitions that are easily attainable, I'll stick with those for now, and see what happens. |
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now that's comedy. |
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:) |
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well, im studying graphic design at university at the moment, and I do enjoy design but I dont think I will enjoy it as a full time job. Its all a little too commercial, Ive done some freelance graphic design work and most of it does not allow for much free expression. For the rest of my life I want to make music, I want to make films, I want to write novels. And nothing will stop me from doing those things because I really do enjoy them and get fullfilment out of them. But it can be a difficult thing when those industries are hard to break in to, and even then, with the type of music we make, the market is miniscule. And most people dont watch art house films or anything non-hollywood, and a lot of people just dont read anymore. So I mean, it will be hard to find inspiration. Not just for me, but for many of us, we just dont/wont get the recognition we deserve. The ammount of talent in australia that no one knows about, its upsetting. It is probably a similar story from any other countries too. Look I dont know, Im having a mid life crisis at 19. Which is pretty pathetic really. But im just worried about getting to the end and finding that im not content. |
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it's not about the end.. and it's not about being 'content'. just be. enjoy it all. or else you'll never make it in one piece. |
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38 years old!!! :( |
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i mean regarding you saying you were having a midlife crisis... just face it, you aren't , plenty of time for that later i expect. |
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I know im only being really pathetic, so im going to try to forget about it and have a good time for the time being. I just updated my resume so this weekend, or even tomorrow I will go out with my girlfriend and hand it in to some places. The money will help, but most of all I would like the experience, and learning about things. I kind of want a job where I will know about what im selling, but will learn new things that will help me, which is why I would like a job at a music store, or a camera shop, or a book shop. But I mean, if I cant get a job at those, then I wil try other places I suppose. You know, one thing I am looking forward to is getting married, living together, painting our house and all related things. And getting a dog, because my mum doesnt like dogs (or any animals). And maybe it is too early in life to be looking forward to these things, but it is something that keeps me going, and I do look forward to it. |
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you know I just realised that on this board, I dont really write how I talk. I seem to be simplifying things or seomthing. |
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How profound. |
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Oh, and everyone should stop watching tv. |
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You know what.... i myself have been let down by things. I am in a situation that is not of the most comfort. I dont know what to do. I dont have motovation. I dont really know sometimes. |
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why do you want recognition? if you don't have any maybe it's because you suck at whatever you do |
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OK |
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maybe you are right, OK. but either way, it isnt as simple as that. Not everyone who is good at what they do gets the recognition they deserve. I beleive in what I do. But you know, maybe you are right, maybe I do suck at what I do. Maybe I am just another common person, wanting to live like common people, wanting to do whatever common people do, wanting to sleep with common people like you. But what else could I do? I said Ill see what I can do. |
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it's not about the end.. and it's not about being 'content'. just be. enjoy it all. or else you'll never make it in one piece. i dont even need to read the rest of this, thats exactly _it_ right there. in my opinion of course. |
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