There’s something that has been bugging me lately, and I would like some of your advices here.
One of my biggest problems is that I’m a nobody (or at least I feel like it). If I died today no one would know who the hell I was or they would forget about me pretty quickly. I have friends, but I often feel like I’m left apart, or that I don’t fit in. And there are a lot of people who I’d like to talk to or I would have liked to, but they don’t even know I exist. People who I know who they are, but they don’t have the slightest clue about me. And it hurts. It hurts me a lot.
The point I’m coming to is: Is it bad to desire popularity? To desire to be well-known?
Up till now my life has been a complete waste. Around me are people who have at least one great talent, but not only that. That talent can take them far. But me? I’m good at “worthless” things. As stupid and highly unlikely as it may sound, one of my dreams is to be a vocalist. I’ve been practicing for quite some time now. But what I fear is that, besides how awesome is to me to be in a band, to make music of your own and really let go all of your feelings into a song, I fear that I may want to be that so that people will know who I am when I die. I know being famous is not everything in life, but still it’s better than being a nobody like me.
I dunno. What do you think?
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Good question. Everyone wants to be noticed. I guess that’s the reason people make youtube channels, facebook pages, websites, TV and try to get as many ‘likes’ as possible. Maybe even go viral. I was just thinking of this very subject. Back in my day there was no internet and TV’s were barely invented. There was an urge to ‘be’ someone, but not like the obsessiveness of today with today’s technology. And it’s only going to get more and more intense. Soon they’ll be implanting internet access into your body at birth. You won’t be able to have a second to yourself.
So, for me, a guy who doesn’t own a smart phone, iPad, or any of that stuff, my goal is to be as much of a nobody as possible. I don’t want to be noticed. I want to slip through this life leaving ‘no trace’. I’m kinda all done with that desire.
Well, I hope you find your true voice and just sing it whether anyone listens or not, whether anyone notices or not.
Outside my window right now birds are chattering up a morning racket. They’re just singing whether I hear or not. Why? Because it’s what they do.
Sing, use your vocals because it’s what you do. that’s all. Rock on dude.
you should follow your dreams whether they are to become vocalist or popular. you can face ups and downs. but always keep satisfied with yourself as you are. we likes you as you are.