Nobody Knows You Like You Do.

Happy Holidays, I am just going to ramble for a bit. I don't do that often, but sometimes I just have to express myself without a guitar in my hands.
I'm going to speak on the topic of "follow your dreams", not someone elses. You know what you want to do, so go do it. Do you want to be a musician, but your friends or family tell you that you aren't good enough, or that you should just stay in school and get a carrer?
News Flash! Success in the music industry is not contingent upon talent. Talent is not neccessarily something you're born with, and staying in school to get a carrer and being a musician( at ant level)are not mutually exclusive;do both.
I guess what I am trying to say is,work hard, practice, make your practice time count, don't listen to naysayers, or haters. If you want a career in music, do it.Make the decisions neccessary to get to where you want to be. Write down what your goals are. Take the steps to get there. It's that simple.Be flexible, listen , learn. develope your own style. Emulat the players that you hold in high esteem, and eventually you will start to see YOU come out in your playing. Teach someone else what you know. You learn more from teaching what you know to someone else than you will ever learn from others. Sound confusing? You reaffirm what you know when you teach. You see it from a different perspective.
Now. Go get your guitar and play, remember the joy it brings, remember why you first wanted to play.
Now, Rock,Jazz,Blues,Classical out!