During a conversation with a few friends the other week, my friends shared that I "always seem to be confident and have life together." WOW! What a compliment. However, I quickly shared with them that I don't always feel this way, even when it seems that I do feel this way.
As I prepared for the new week..I needed some motivation. I was preparing for my first solo music therapy session, a lesson, and the many realities of adulthood.
When I thought about all of these things, I realized that while I am confident in the various activities in my life, such as music and my faith, I'm not confident in the whole picture...I'm only confident in certain details.
When I think about my skills as a music therapist, I was reminded that the times where I don't feel successful are the times when I'm not confident. Those times when I messed-up a song or intervention during co-leading last semester...those were because I lacked faith and didn't have confidence in myself.
I quickly realized that this applied to the trumpet, too. If I've prepared something all semester..then I will be confident when I play it at my jury. But if I lack the confidence needed to be successful at an area of my playing, such as lip flexibility, then how can I be confident as a whole musician? Shouldn't the goal be to pick up the horn and have the confidence to play whatever is put in front of you?
When I thought about these things, one word kept coming back: CONFIDENCE
I decided I needed a motto for the semester...so that's where #buildingconfidence comes from!
My goal for the semester is to start building confidence in the areas that I feel I am the weakest. This is one of the hardest things to do in life...I mean, who wants to confront the things they are bad at???
Here's to a successful semester and setting my self up for success!
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