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 Re: advice for letting go of professional dreams
Author: reprise 
Date:   2008-11-04 15:44

Wow -- I am truly overwhelmed at the compassionate responses from all of you. I am new to this board and frankly was a bit afraid I would come back and read things like, "Oh, get over yourself and quit playing once and for all. Obviously you were never good enough."

bmcgar: That's a good question -- why does being paid seem to mean so much to us? I've wondered about that, too. I think part of it is about our culture's obsession with "professionals" -- although I know intellectually that it is not accurate, there is a sense that anything amateur is also inferior. Or maybe it has to do with how tied people tend to be to our jobs as our identity -- so if music is "just" an avocation, not something that we get paid for, then it isn't our "real" identity? And I know for me -- as it sounds like for many of you -- music is such a deep part of me that to not have it be a central part of my identity feels like chopping a hunk of my soul off.

In any case, I am truly touched by all of your responses and creative ideas and encouragement --- and I am feeling more optimistic than ever this morning about figuring out a way to bring music back into my life. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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