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Its my birfday today and im 20 now. what can I expect from being in my 20s?? what should I avoid doing? What should I focus on? skateboarding and non-skateboarding-related answers are welcome....
try to avoid addiction or addictive behavior. don't pile out. learn a job that makes money asap.
i piled out hard in my twenties and now i'm very poor in my 30s and getting out of line of "career" is pretty hard. being somewhat financially secure will take a lot of stress off of you as well.
don't get catfished into working for free for anyone. always get payed, never do something on the promise of a connection or whatever. don't get distracted from your own goals.
be accountable for your own fuck ups and learn from them so you don't repeat them in the future.
EDIT: oh, and happy birthday of course. hope you had a sick day
i definitely gotta avoid addictive behavior. my father is notorious for his little drug binges every now and again and everyone in my family has had their problems with substance abuse.. also the money thing... im going to school to become a musician and that is no money maker lol.
Hey man! 39 here. Hang with me...
Don't go to music school... There is a WEALTH of information out there. If you're motivated, you can easily find the Theory, Harmony, and Ear Training knowledge you'll need. I went to Berklee College of Music, which was a dream of mine, and am still paying it off.
Find a master of your instrument that does Skype lessons and study privately with them as often as you can afford, and play music with other people as often as you can. You'd be amazed how many "virtuoso's" there were at Berklee that could barely play in a group context from the jump.
This isn't trying to discourage you at all. Just sharing some advice that I wish I would've followed before going 10's of thousands of dollars in debt. Not worth it when the average gig for MOST musicians is $100 a night or upwards of $300-$500 for more quality gigs.