That one thing

In life, one thing can make all the difference.

For me, that one thing is music. 

I’ve always said that once I stop feeling things from music, it’s over for me.

What I mean is, that when my mental health takes music from me, I have nothing left.

Music has done so much for me, so much that I can’t explain enough how much I love it. The emotions, stories and pain I feel from music is just indescribable. I’ll listen to music at 3 AM, blasting it down my ears with chills all over my body and just a head full of swirling emotion.

Or maybe I’ll just be listening to something that to help me relax, something that just tells me: “It’s all over, you can relax now.”

The above is how I fell when listening to the credits theme from Celeste. I highly recommend the game to everyone as it easily is in my top 5 games of all time.

But, enough about me. As this is about everyone.

Some people have 1 thing, but some may have a ton of things. It’s not a matter of who has more, as sometimes one is enough. And sometimes that one thing doesn’t have to be music. It could be a hobby, an instrument, a TV show or even a person.

It’s the little things that fill in the holes to create us.

And, I’d say it’s one of humanities greatest achievements, allowing everyone to find meaning.

Because that’s what life is, finding the meaning. And for me, music gives me that meaning. Even if I’m not involved in making music and gave up playing the piano years ago. Music will always give me the feeling of being able to do anything, it’ll be there for me during my worst moments and my best.

It’s the times that you are isolated from society, just by yourself or with your loved ones, that you realise that this was what you want. This was the meaning you were after.

It can take a while to find it, or it can take seconds to find it.

It could even leave you in a second.

I may sound self-centred, but it’s easy to talk about myself and my own experiences as examples.

I struggle to close Spotify at night. I often find myself listening to music late at night, unable to close it. I always say “just one more song.” or “If the next one is good, I’ll listen to it.”

Because that’s what it means to me. It means so much to me that I can’t just end it, I can’t just end the feelings it gives me.

Life isn’t perfect, but it’s the little moments that make it bearable.

I tend to go from two extremes with my mood, but music has seen through it all, and it will always be there for me.

I suggest that everyone finds that one thing they enjoy. The thing that takes them out of this shitty world we live in and enjoy it.

It’s ok if you change your thing, or if you have many things.

Many even turn their thing into their jobs, which can work, but can also poison it.

So, please be careful.

As much as I’d love to get involved in music, I do fear I’d ruin it for me. Although, perhaps it is the courage and passion that would keep me loving it.

For if we do not have a passion for the things we do, why bother with them?

My dad told me that I didn’t have passion for the piano, and he was right. I didn’t have passion for an instrument I had forced myself to play for 5 years. But once I found games development, and writing, it was clear just what passion was to me. I never found myself struggling to do it, I always looked forward to it and thought about it nonstop.

Of course, this will be different for everyone. But, sometimes you gotta be told the harsh truth by the people closest to work out what comes next.

Ultimately, life is what you make it.

Thanks for reading. It’s been a while since I last posted something on this blog (excluding the review), and was struggling to come up with ideas. I’ll keep trying to think of things to post and try to get back regularly. But I have been working.

If you didn’t know. I stream on Twitch. You can find out more on the page above titled “twitch”.

I’ve also recently launched the second book in the Oscar Pat series and have been working on the third along with another new series. I hope to have one, if not both, of those out by the end of the year.

Thanks again!

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