Can Someone Help With The Passion Thing, I'm Getting Lost And Confused

[Needhelpplease]

All I know is that I want to do something in the arts, something creative but i have no idea what really. I mean since I was a little guy I'd really enjoy playing pretend with friends even when I got older around 13 I was still asking friends if they wanted to act and pretend we were in a zombie apocalypse and go around with fake guns. I also drew as a kid and wrote but only picked up writing in 9th grade. When I was around 8 or 9 I started singing a little then kept going and in 8th grade is when my music start taking off I found out this one band and became obsessed for years and I got interested into other bands by friends and I really enjoyed singing but still to this day can't sing in front of anyone since I was around 9. I just stopped singing in front of people.Then same was for guitar at first then I got really good and after a yew years passed lost my interest but I do still play and write songs. I am deeply sorry if anyone is reading this is confused. Because I kind of am myself. But all I know Is I want to do is help people with my art and inspire them and do something I love and to show them that you can do anything you want and there are so many more possibilities and school isn't actually the only option, or like people say why not go to college of get a trade but it's not for me. I'm sorry I'm writing this quick and I used and about a million times. Could someone please give me a tip that maybe at least to help, that would be great.Thanks.

[woofgang]

can you get some careers of life counselling?

[Needhelpplease]

I don't know how to answer back to a question I'm new with this. No there isn't really anything like that around here woofgang where I live it's a pretty small town

[jourdain2]

You sound to be generally creative. Without dropping other areas of interest I would concentrate on working hard at some in which you feel you have a lot to offer (the rest won't disappear and may come into play in ways you can't yet dream of).

You say you want to help and inspire people. Have you thought about doing a course which would qualify you as a therapist? Once qualified, you could latch your interests into a career direction - e.g. music therapy, which is widely used - and then add in your own vision. The thing is to have a direction right now and take that weight off yourself. Hope this helps.

[Needhelpplease]

Thank you so much Jourdain, it did help and I have once thought of it I am basically all my friends therapist. You never know I guess, but for now I'll work extremely hard on my music first and advance in it then see where that leads me and how I feels afterwards.

[jourdain2]

Well done! Now stick with it. Re. the performance thing - I was told I could not sing, so was very shy. Again, I stuck with it and last week I was singing with just 5 others to an audience of 150 and giving them a happy experience. Good luck - remember 'stickability'. :)

[Needhelpplease]

Congratulations! and yes I just got to believe in myself more with this because I tend to be a little bit self critical when it comes to singing and I care what they think too much, that's my problem and thanks again!

[RobNorth]

Elocution classes are a wonderful way of improving confidence in many ways. Give it a try.