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 When is enough enough?
Author: LeWhite 
Date:   2004-03-11 10:01

Hi everyone

I'm in the middle of my college performance degree and the fact that this is not what I'm meant to be doing has been on my mind for a long time. The people around me love what they do, they practise heaps and are so enthusiastic about it.
On the other hand, I'm always thinking of something else I'd like to be doing, I don't feel guilty at all when I don't practise the 'minimum' every day, and success in music isn't my top priority. However, I don't know what my top priority is - I just know that music, at this level, isn't doing for me what it should be.
When I was younger I always wanted to be a 'professional' - i.e orchestral musician. I'd drilled this into my head so much that it hasn't occurred to me until recently that it doesn't have to be this way. I've been pushing myself in a direction that I didn't know any better but to go in.
I feel stressed for no reason, I lose sleep, I lack self-esteem and this all effects my life- from ongoing physical problems (which my doctor says is caused by stress) to depression to loneliness because of these self-esteem problems.

Of course I've spoken to my teacher and we agreed that I should at least complete my course, there's under 2 years left and I tried for so long to get into it in the first place. How can I alter my attitude for the duration of this course to get the most out of it, bearing in mind that I don't really want to do this anymore?

For teachers or anyone who knows: when do you know it's time for a student to pack it all in and call it a day? What are the signs?
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