I had a friend who once told me that we should do what we fear. I'm going to be honest, because at first, I didn't really think this made sense at all. But after spontaneously switching my intended major from journalism to music education, and then to music performance, I think I began to understand the concept of using fear as motivation. (Disclaimer: I don't think that someone's motivation should purely be driven by fear, but there should be a small part that is.)

Being someone who was new to doing music seriously, I was definitely scared of a lot of things. For one, I was scared that I was going to be so much worse than my peers, which I personally felt like I was. I also still have the constant fear of not being able to progress as fast as I should be. And then there's the big one: the fear of not being good enough. Even though this is how I feel, I've always heard around that so many people also feel like this, musician or not.

Honestly, this whole "driven by fear" is probably used by a lot of people, but I think it's still good to put out into words. These fears that I have are what motivate me to do better and strive to improve more than I feel that I am capable of. I've re-titled the blog to "WIP: Work in Progress" because we're all a work in progress and we all find our own ways to drive ourselves to reach where we want to be, or even maybe even drive ourselves to improve infinitely.