What I want to do with my life
By Cruz
@Tierkreisze (1609)
Philippines
July 17, 2016 6:49am CST
Other boys play basketball. So what do I do? I have a weak frame, but fit enough to do things before getting tired. Even my friends (most of them are female) wonder what I do.
To be honest, I don't know either...
So I sleep, eat, do chores then sleep again. Sometimes I read, sometimes I play computer games. And then what?
Well, I guess I found what I really want to do now, besides graduating and getting a job afterward. I want to conquer something!
And what is it that I want to conquer, you ask?
Well, it's music! It's been so long since I've gone hiatus on my guitar that I've almost forgotten that I have always been fighting with music. I transpose music to my guitar, giving it's beauty a new perspective and giving chills and awe to those who listen. Some give a smile of happiness, others get faces of surprise, wondering how I play songs like that. It made me want to play in a stage, and share this happiness to the world.
But I couldn't. I'm not good enough. So I gave up.
Now, I found the courage to play again. I've restringed my guitar and played again.
But now I have a new ambition.
I want to listen to the hardest and most beautiful pieces of music I can hear and play them on the guitar. The feeling of transposing a good song and finishing it, it feels like I've conquered a country. As if I was Alexander the Great.
And it's all thanks to a pianist who realized his dream.
Thanks for reading my post. I'm just showing my thoughts.
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@sol_cee (38669)
• Philippines
18 Jul 16
@Tierkreisze I just wanna be loved by someone I love.
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@Tierkreisze (1609)
• Philippines
20 Jul 16
@sol_cee That's sweet! And have you taken steps to be loved by the person you love? :)
@Tierkreisze (1609)
• Philippines
18 Jul 16
If only I could do everything I want in life, that would be great. Perhaps I could be a wrestler-doctor-who-plays-music-on-a-lava-mountain-while-eating-nachos-in-space! What would you like?
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@Tierkreisze (1609)
• Philippines
17 Jul 16
Thank you. Have you felt something like this before, too? Like, an enlightenment of some kind?
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@shubhu3 (36463)
• New Delhi, India
18 Jul 16
@Tierkreisze Yeah I have felt it too like beyond the career things' to do something out of passion and love for my passions or to do something out of the box even if I was not able to do it perfectly.
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@Tierkreisze (1609)
• Philippines
18 Jul 16
@shubhu3 If I may ask, do you strive to perfect the thing your are passionate about?
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@HebrewGreekStudies (1646)
• Canada
21 Jul 16
There are a lot of facets with music that one can conquer-I found that playing other people's music was a good challenge, but also the aspect of writing, or doing either in front of a group of people was yet another facet of it to conquer...it's like a house with many rooms:)
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@Tierkreisze (1609)
• Philippines
21 Jul 16
That's what got me to learn music in the first place. There was so much I could do other than just learning how to play. Unfortunately, I couldn't find some band members or possible producers so I wasn't able to play on stage until last year when I joined an organization that plays folk music. I left the org afterwards since it takes up a good portion of my time which would have been used for studying at school.
Also, I composed some songs but I'm not a really good singer. Haha. I also used to spend some time writing scores on my laptop when I play random notes and find a really good riff. I add those riffs when I make my own music.
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@JudyEv (382240)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Jul 16
@Tierkreisze It's pretty sure you won't get there without practice. 
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@Tierkreisze (1609)
• Philippines
18 Jul 16
@JudyEv You're right. I just started transposing a piano song over to the guitar yesterday. It was almost IMPOSSIBLE! I can't do it at my current state. But then again, it's a song made solely for the piano so I guess it will take some time.
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@Tierkreisze (1609)
• Philippines
17 Jul 16
Thank you. I want to play the hardest, yet most beautiful songs. Perhaps it's about time I practiced? Haha
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@Tierkreisze (1609)
• Philippines
23 Jul 16
That's great. My friend used to ask me to form our own band, but we graduated and moved to different schools so we never really had the chance to continue. I hope you practice your guitar as well, I'd love to listen to your music when we do meet.
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@Dextoi (1845)
• Philippines
25 Jul 16
@Tierkreisze I am practicing whenever I get some free time. Work and other hobbies are stealing my time.. lol
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@quantum2020 (12054)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
20 Jul 16
With the music talet that you possess, you lcoud strat composing your own guitar songs and become what you have always dreamed of.
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@Tierkreisze (1609)
• Philippines
20 Jul 16
I could, but that would need me to look for people who would want to hire me. I'm still a student so I really have no time to look for producers. I do have some self-composed songs, though.
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