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morefaithrequired

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Ive got a bad habit. Among several but this one almost fascinates me.
example:
my fingerstyle guitar hobby. when i improve and discover a new trick or skill, i go into rockstar mode. I start to see myself as the next big thing in the guitar world. Thoughts race as I see myself becoming the next youtube sensation!
Ive gone viral!! Money starts rolling in by the truckload. Im approached for interviews by morning TV hosts. Im fast becoming a legend .........in my own mind.
Meanwhile the new skill I learnt is left by the wayside, abandoned. I putdown my guitar and get back to some serious daydreaming. Of how I conquer the world!
 
seoulsearch

seoulsearch

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morefaithrequired said:
Ive got a bad habit. Among several but this one almost fascinates me.
example:
my fingerstyle guitar hobby. when i improve and discover a new trick or skill, i go into rockstar mode. I start to see myself as the next big thing in the guitar world. Thoughts race as I see myself becoming the next youtube sensation!
Ive gone viral!! Money starts rolling in by the truckload. Im approached for interviews by morning TV hosts. Im fast becoming a legend .........in my own mind.
Meanwhile the new skill I learnt is left by the wayside, abandoned. I putdown my guitar and get back to some serious daydreaming. Of how I conquer the world!
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Great topic, and I totally dig the honesty in your post.

I've done this a lot in my life as well. I think it's part of our human nature under the influence of sin -- we always want to reap maximum rewards without even working or sowing, and if we do succeed, we always wants to believe it's our own ability that got us there.

I always thought it would be cool to be able to speak other languages. One of my favorite types of scenes in movies are when a main character is assumed to be some kind of dumb foreigner who couldn't possibly know anything, let alone another language, and then winds up blowing everyone out of the water because hide their ability until just the right time. A few examples in movies and shows when John Wick is insulted in Russian, but answers the guy right back; Dani in Game of Thrones when she reveals that Valyrian is her "mother tongue" ; the brothers in The Boondock Saints; and, my favorite, Joseph (the son of Jacob), who sat on the throne of Egypt, and, unknown to them, could understand everything his brothers said when they came to buy grain.

I have a friend who was in a place where English is only spoken as a tourist language, and the staff was openly talking about him and his situation in front of him, assuming he couldn't understand. Little did they know that he was fluent in the local language, having spent a few years immersed in it. As they talked among themselves in their own language, my friend started answering all their questions and comments in English without being directly asked, and they just looked at him in utter bewilderment.

I've always thought it would be cool to have a moment like this, like a super power right out of flashy comic book.

But then I realize I've been watching "A Bad Lip Reading" videos for the past 30 minutes when I could have put that time into study.

I don't know if those with an aptitude for language have some kind of "special link" in their brain in which the sound, syntax, and system of a language all seems to "click" for them as they go along, but for me, any kind of learning is a painful cycle of dreadful repetition and rote memorization (which I'm not good at anyway), and I soon grow distracted and discouraged.

I've come to settle on the fact that one thing I do like practicing is using the one language I do know (sort of, at least :LOL:) to communicate with other people about their lives and experiences.

Morefaithrequired, are there any things you're passionate about, but also enjoy putting the time into them?

Maybe you're not a rock star, but I hope you have hobbies that bring you joy even if the stage is just a corner in your own room. :)

Best wishes to you!
 
Lynx

Lynx

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And for some reason a song started playing in my mind.

"Well I've known you since you were a small boy
And your momma used to say
My boy's gonna grow up and be
Some kind of leader some day

Then you turn on the radio
And sing with the singer in the band
Your momma would say to you
This isn't exactly what we had planned

But you're a legend in your own time
A hero in the footlights
Playing tunes to fit your rhymes
But a legend's only a lonely boy
When he goes home alone"
 
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morefaithrequired said:
Ive got a bad habit. Among several but this one almost fascinates me.
example:
my fingerstyle guitar hobby. when i improve and discover a new trick or skill, i go into rockstar mode. I start to see myself as the next big thing in the guitar world. Thoughts race as I see myself becoming the next youtube sensation!
Ive gone viral!! Money starts rolling in by the truckload. Im approached for interviews by morning TV hosts. Im fast becoming a legend .........in my own mind.
Meanwhile the new skill I learnt is left by the wayside, abandoned. I putdown my guitar and get back to some serious daydreaming. Of how I conquer the world!
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:LOL: I think everyone suffers from that kind of bad habbit every now and then.. We let our imaginations get the better of us.. I know i have had similar vain imaginations during my time. :rolleyes:

And hey it would be nice to be a guitar ledgend playing on a good morning show making people happy to start their day inspired.. But yeah wanting just fame and money is bad..

 
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morefaithrequired

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seoulsearch said:
Great topic, and I totally dig the honesty in your post.

I've done this a lot in my life as well. I think it's part of our human nature under the influence of sin -- we always want to reap maximum rewards without even working or sowing, and if we do succeed, we always wants to believe it's our own ability that got us there.

I always thought it would be cool to be able to speak other languages. One of my favorite types of scenes in movies are when a main character is assumed to be some kind of dumb foreigner who couldn't possibly know anything, let alone another language, and then winds up blowing everyone out of the water because hide their ability until just the right time. A few examples in movies and shows when John Wick is insulted in Russian, but answers the guy right back; Dani in Game of Thrones when she reveals that Valyrian is her "mother tongue" ; the brothers in The Boondock Saints; and, my favorite, Joseph (the son of Jacob), who sat on the throne of Egypt, and, unknown to them, could understand everything his brothers said when they came to buy grain.

I have a friend who was in a place where English is only spoken as a tourist language, and the staff was openly talking about him and his situation in front of him, assuming he couldn't understand. Little did they know that he was fluent in the local language, having spent a few years immersed in it. As they talked among themselves in their own language, my friend started answering all their questions and comments in English without being directly asked, and they just looked at him in utter bewilderment.

I've always thought it would be cool to have a moment like this, like a super power right out of flashy comic book.

But then I realize I've been watching "A Bad Lip Reading" videos for the past 30 minutes when I could have put that time into study.

I don't know if those with an aptitude for language have some kind of "special link" in their brain in which the sound, syntax, and system of a language all seems to "click" for them as they go along, but for me, any kind of learning is a painful cycle of dreadful repetition and rote memorization (which I'm not good at anyway), and I soon grow distracted and discouraged.

I've come to settle on the fact that one thing I do like practicing is using the one language I do know (sort of, at least :LOL:) to communicate with other people about their lives and experiences.

Morefaithrequired, are there any things you're passionate about, but also enjoy putting the time into them?

Maybe you're not a rock star, but I hope you have hobbies that bring you joy even if the stage is just a corner in your own room. :)

Best wishes to you!
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nice post seoul. you write well. maybe that is something i feel some passion about. writing.
and humour. i think i could write some funny skits. hey but dont a lot of us think we are the clever class clown.
stay in touch seoul. you are an interesting guy
 
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morefaithrequired

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seoulsearch said:
Thank you much, kind sir! You bring up interesting topics and I'm looking forward to more of your posts.

P.S. I'm even more interesting as a girl! 👧
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sorry about that. should have checked.
 
ArtsieSteph

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I know that feeling!! For me it always happens in the planning stages of doing something. “I’m gonna record this song on YouTube....and it’s gonna blow up and reach millions of people and then I’m gonna get discovered and then I’m gonna go on tour and-“

Like all this ambition jumping happens in a matter of seconds. Then I find myself thinking as if this is a given. “Oh no no I shouldn’t do that, I don’t need to get a big head.” Like I assume I’m gonna be famous if I even upload it. What in the world.
 
Lynx

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So you record songs and put them on youtube?

Links? :cool:
 
Lightskin

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morefaithrequired said:
Ive got a bad habit. Among several but this one almost fascinates me.
example:
my fingerstyle guitar hobby. when i improve and discover a new trick or skill, i go into rockstar mode. I start to see myself as the next big thing in the guitar world. Thoughts race as I see myself becoming the next youtube sensation!
Ive gone viral!! Money starts rolling in by the truckload. Im approached for interviews by morning TV hosts. Im fast becoming a legend .........in my own mind.
Meanwhile the new skill I learnt is left by the wayside, abandoned. I putdown my guitar and get back to some serious daydreaming. Of how I conquer the world!
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You can’t imagine how many game-winning home runs I’ve hit . . .

just as I fall asleep.
 
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