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Anyone else feel old?
Im 18 but still I feel like Im kinda passed it.
I just feel it's too late for me. That things should have been different years ago and that now it is too late to do things I wanna do.
It's silly really, but I just feel old.
I feel like Im going through midlife crisis. This really is the most difficult part of my life and I know there will be much harder times, but I cant wait to experience more happier times because I mean, I dont even get any sleep anymore at night because this issue is always occupying my mind.
Im always trying to figure out how Im going to be a musician, Im not GOING to be a musician. Im a generally shy person, how could I ever perform? I have before but that was different. Maybe I should just have faith in myself.
I decided not to do music at college and Im not doing anything related to music now, nowhere near related so it is too late.
Loads of money has already been spent on me at university and dropping out to go back to college is just not a good move.
Ive been told that I should continue my course and after uni I can pursue a music career so that I have something to fall back on.
But I feel if Im doing something else Im losing time I could be learning more about music and I feel at 21yrs old Id be too old to start in the music business, I mean it takes years to actually get anywhere. Id be like 25 by the time Im actually known.
I think I think to much, worry too much and live in a fantasy world and that I should just force myself to get into my course and get my head out the clouds and keep music as a hobby.
The only reason I cant do that is I CANT STOP THINKING ABOUT MUSIC and how I hear a song and I think I could do that, I feel I have potential in music. I can write music, I can write lyrics, I can play instruments and I can sing, so why not? And I love it. And I have knowledge of music theory.
Id love to make my own songs.
Bet it isn't even that easy.
I just feel it's too late for me. That things should have been different years ago and that now it is too late to do things I wanna do.
It's silly really, but I just feel old.
I feel like Im going through midlife crisis. This really is the most difficult part of my life and I know there will be much harder times, but I cant wait to experience more happier times because I mean, I dont even get any sleep anymore at night because this issue is always occupying my mind.
Im always trying to figure out how Im going to be a musician, Im not GOING to be a musician. Im a generally shy person, how could I ever perform? I have before but that was different. Maybe I should just have faith in myself.
I decided not to do music at college and Im not doing anything related to music now, nowhere near related so it is too late.
Loads of money has already been spent on me at university and dropping out to go back to college is just not a good move.
Ive been told that I should continue my course and after uni I can pursue a music career so that I have something to fall back on.
But I feel if Im doing something else Im losing time I could be learning more about music and I feel at 21yrs old Id be too old to start in the music business, I mean it takes years to actually get anywhere. Id be like 25 by the time Im actually known.
I think I think to much, worry too much and live in a fantasy world and that I should just force myself to get into my course and get my head out the clouds and keep music as a hobby.
The only reason I cant do that is I CANT STOP THINKING ABOUT MUSIC and how I hear a song and I think I could do that, I feel I have potential in music. I can write music, I can write lyrics, I can play instruments and I can sing, so why not? And I love it. And I have knowledge of music theory.
Id love to make my own songs.
Bet it isn't even that easy.
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Reply 1
im 18 and i feel old to. i feel the exact same way as you do ! its a weird unsatisfied feelign that i have 24/7 but i dont know how to get rid of it. i thin kyou should go round local pubs and ask to perform, practice in small venues, if they like you, then take it up as a career.
Reply 2
I feel old too.. at least i do when im walking around the city.
But i work in the music industry... and that makes me feel young! most of the bands i work with are in their late 20s/early 30s and are never going to get 'big' but they're doing what they want and they love it.
Dont be too optimistic though.. you do need something to fall back on. My record label is never going to be a career in itself.. but i care about it so much that i have sacrificed any hope of a 'career' to work on the label instead. I'll probably work some low-pay shop job for the rest of my life, but if i can work in music alongside i dont care
But i work in the music industry... and that makes me feel young! most of the bands i work with are in their late 20s/early 30s and are never going to get 'big' but they're doing what they want and they love it.
Dont be too optimistic though.. you do need something to fall back on. My record label is never going to be a career in itself.. but i care about it so much that i have sacrificed any hope of a 'career' to work on the label instead. I'll probably work some low-pay shop job for the rest of my life, but if i can work in music alongside i dont care
Reply 3
mark knopfler went to university and graduated - worked a bit - and then became a musician. so can you do it.
think Brian May - he's got a doctorate now. he graduate, started his PhD, abandoned it to join queen, and resumed it in 2007
think Brian May - he's got a doctorate now. he graduate, started his PhD, abandoned it to join queen, and resumed it in 2007
I think its important to keep a positive outlook. Being in your teens means you are still really young.. I'm 17 and I consider 35 to be pretty young still. Sounds like you're going through some tough times but I think you should just try and persevere and look towards the future because things will get better! Don't give up on trying to be a musician; a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step! 
Reply 5
yes i do; it's my major inferiority complex
Anonymous
Im 18 but still I feel like Im kinda passed it.
I just feel it's too late for me. That things should have been different years ago and that now it is too late to do things I wanna do.
It's silly really, but I just feel old.
I feel like Im going through midlife crisis. This really is the most difficult part of my life and I know there will be much harder times, but I cant wait to experience more happier times because I mean, I dont even get any sleep anymore at night because this issue is always occupying my mind.
Im always trying to figure out how Im going to be a musician, Im not GOING to be a musician. Im a generally shy person, how could I ever perform? I have before but that was different. Maybe I should just have faith in myself.
I decided not to do music at college and Im not doing anything related to music now, nowhere near related so it is too late.
Loads of money has already been spent on me at university and dropping out to go back to college is just not a good move.
Ive been told that I should continue my course and after uni I can pursue a music career so that I have something to fall back on.
But I feel if Im doing something else Im losing time I could be learning more about music and I feel at 21yrs old Id be too old to start in the music business, I mean it takes years to actually get anywhere. Id be like 25 by the time Im actually known.
I think I think to much, worry too much and live in a fantasy world and that I should just force myself to get into my course and get my head out the clouds and keep music as a hobby.
The only reason I cant do that is I CANT STOP THINKING ABOUT MUSIC and how I hear a song and I think I could do that, I feel I have potential in music. I can write music, I can write lyrics, I can play instruments and I can sing, so why not? And I love it. And I have knowledge of music theory.
Id love to make my own songs.
Bet it isn't even that easy.
I just feel it's too late for me. That things should have been different years ago and that now it is too late to do things I wanna do.
It's silly really, but I just feel old.
I feel like Im going through midlife crisis. This really is the most difficult part of my life and I know there will be much harder times, but I cant wait to experience more happier times because I mean, I dont even get any sleep anymore at night because this issue is always occupying my mind.
Im always trying to figure out how Im going to be a musician, Im not GOING to be a musician. Im a generally shy person, how could I ever perform? I have before but that was different. Maybe I should just have faith in myself.
I decided not to do music at college and Im not doing anything related to music now, nowhere near related so it is too late.
Loads of money has already been spent on me at university and dropping out to go back to college is just not a good move.
Ive been told that I should continue my course and after uni I can pursue a music career so that I have something to fall back on.
But I feel if Im doing something else Im losing time I could be learning more about music and I feel at 21yrs old Id be too old to start in the music business, I mean it takes years to actually get anywhere. Id be like 25 by the time Im actually known.
I think I think to much, worry too much and live in a fantasy world and that I should just force myself to get into my course and get my head out the clouds and keep music as a hobby.
The only reason I cant do that is I CANT STOP THINKING ABOUT MUSIC and how I hear a song and I think I could do that, I feel I have potential in music. I can write music, I can write lyrics, I can play instruments and I can sing, so why not? And I love it. And I have knowledge of music theory.
Id love to make my own songs.
Bet it isn't even that easy.
You sound like me a few years ago. I really felt like I'd wasted my life at 18... I was incredibly shy, never thought I could actually bring myself to be in a band, let alone sing on stage... 5 years on, I'm doing just that. Best place to look for musical contacts is AT uni though, especially if you want to form a band.
Reply 7
I feel about 75...feels like I've lived all I could, now, nothing.
Zoecb
Lol, have fun turning 20 OP.
Yep - I'm 23; I might as well start drawing my pension!
You're just starting to realise that the world isn't always going to be as new and exciting as it has been for the last few years. It sucks, but there's still loads of things for you to experience.
I'm 24 - I'm married - I have 2 kids. I have very very many days when I feel old.
Reply 11
'Better to regret your actions then to wonder for the rest of your life what might have happened.'
I suppose it depends how far you are through your course, what course you're doing, how well you're doing and what it could lead you to, but remember...
you're young and you have the world at your feet, think of all the people who haven't had the chance to live properly, be grateful.
I suppose it depends how far you are through your course, what course you're doing, how well you're doing and what it could lead you to, but remember...
you're young and you have the world at your feet, think of all the people who haven't had the chance to live properly, be grateful.
Sometimes I feel old, but all young at the same time. That doesn't really make sense. It's when I go out back home and I see all the people that I can remember being in nappies with my sister, and they're all dolled up, yet they look older than me. Being 22 doesn't really bother me. Plus I get away with acting younger cos I only look about 18!
I had all those feelings when building up to 20 about a week go. Now I'm fine. It's just a number - and bear in mind you can't even do most things until you're 18. If you regret not doing things before, then do them now. You are young, you can still do anything you want, so go and do it so you don't regret wasting 18 when you're 20
Reply 14
You're 18? Seriously you need to stop thinking like that or your 20s will suck. Wait until you're 23, single, still at university, living with your parents for the foreseeable future and with no career prospects or future plans.
Reply 15
Oh dear me...
If you're feeling old now my boy, just imagine how you're going to feel when you're in your early 20s? Snap out of it...you're still a baby and you're going to make some hideous drunken mistakes.
If you're feeling old now my boy, just imagine how you're going to feel when you're in your early 20s? Snap out of it...you're still a baby and you're going to make some hideous drunken mistakes.
Reply 17
Yes, I feel old now 
I see all the people in the charts (Rihanna etc) all like 2 years younger than me, it sucks lol I've started to get moody and be irritated at these girls on buses about 16 or 17 and think, "Uhh, they are so immature!" - I've become a bitter old woman lol And I've stopped being ID'ed in clubs anymore, I used to always get ID'ed! I'm quite disappointed now!!!
But I still know I'm not old really. I'm 21 and can still do everything I want to in life yet. Except be a teen model, that option is now closed but most other stuff!
I see all the people in the charts (Rihanna etc) all like 2 years younger than me, it sucks lol I've started to get moody and be irritated at these girls on buses about 16 or 17 and think, "Uhh, they are so immature!" - I've become a bitter old woman lol And I've stopped being ID'ed in clubs anymore, I used to always get ID'ed! I'm quite disappointed now!!!But I still know I'm not old really. I'm 21 and can still do everything I want to in life yet. Except be a teen model, that option is now closed but most other stuff!
Reply 18
The issue is really that you feel more responsible. That doesn't make you old, just maturing. I'm 20, I feel much wiser and more responsible than I did at 18 and I don't feel old, I just don't take myself so seriously. Get on with it eh, cut out the melodrama.
Anonymous
Im 18 but still I feel like Im kinda passed it.
I just feel it's too late for me. That things should have been different years ago and that now it is too late to do things I wanna do.
It's silly really, but I just feel old.
I feel like Im going through midlife crisis. This really is the most difficult part of my life and I know there will be much harder times, but I cant wait to experience more happier times because I mean, I dont even get any sleep anymore at night because this issue is always occupying my mind.
Im always trying to figure out how Im going to be a musician, Im not GOING to be a musician. Im a generally shy person, how could I ever perform? I have before but that was different. Maybe I should just have faith in myself.
I decided not to do music at college and Im not doing anything related to music now, nowhere near related so it is too late.
Loads of money has already been spent on me at university and dropping out to go back to college is just not a good move.
Ive been told that I should continue my course and after uni I can pursue a music career so that I have something to fall back on.
But I feel if Im doing something else Im losing time I could be learning more about music and I feel at 21yrs old Id be too old to start in the music business, I mean it takes years to actually get anywhere. Id be like 25 by the time Im actually known.
I think I think to much, worry too much and live in a fantasy world and that I should just force myself to get into my course and get my head out the clouds and keep music as a hobby.
The only reason I cant do that is I CANT STOP THINKING ABOUT MUSIC and how I hear a song and I think I could do that, I feel I have potential in music. I can write music, I can write lyrics, I can play instruments and I can sing, so why not? And I love it. And I have knowledge of music theory.
Id love to make my own songs.
Bet it isn't even that easy.
I just feel it's too late for me. That things should have been different years ago and that now it is too late to do things I wanna do.
It's silly really, but I just feel old.
I feel like Im going through midlife crisis. This really is the most difficult part of my life and I know there will be much harder times, but I cant wait to experience more happier times because I mean, I dont even get any sleep anymore at night because this issue is always occupying my mind.
Im always trying to figure out how Im going to be a musician, Im not GOING to be a musician. Im a generally shy person, how could I ever perform? I have before but that was different. Maybe I should just have faith in myself.
I decided not to do music at college and Im not doing anything related to music now, nowhere near related so it is too late.
Loads of money has already been spent on me at university and dropping out to go back to college is just not a good move.
Ive been told that I should continue my course and after uni I can pursue a music career so that I have something to fall back on.
But I feel if Im doing something else Im losing time I could be learning more about music and I feel at 21yrs old Id be too old to start in the music business, I mean it takes years to actually get anywhere. Id be like 25 by the time Im actually known.
I think I think to much, worry too much and live in a fantasy world and that I should just force myself to get into my course and get my head out the clouds and keep music as a hobby.
The only reason I cant do that is I CANT STOP THINKING ABOUT MUSIC and how I hear a song and I think I could do that, I feel I have potential in music. I can write music, I can write lyrics, I can play instruments and I can sing, so why not? And I love it. And I have knowledge of music theory.
Id love to make my own songs.
Bet it isn't even that easy.
Yup I feel old, and I'm 16. I don't know...on one hand I would stick at your degree for now - these days it's a must for if you want to get anywhere in life. But then you really seem to be enthusiastic about your music and so I'd be inclined to say that you'd be better off doing that.
Firstly, most people who take a degree don't actually go in to that area of work, unless you're highly specialised (law, medicine ect) so I wouldn't worry about what you're doing at the moment. One problem with music is that it's very hard to make a living out of. It's so competitive and unless you can think of a specific career w/ regards to it, it's going to be hard. You didn't mention what degree you're doing but perhaps you could find a job in to the music business, if not directly being a musician, and at least that way you are working in an environment which is focused on what you enjoy. It might inspire you to stick at it yourself, an perhaps earn something on the side with it?
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