By Saika Bince 

I have this bad habit of liking to be automatically good at everything I do. If it doesn’t come to me organically, I get frustrated and give up on it. Can you relate? 

The first instrument I ever picked up was a trumpet. Even though my band teacher would compliment my growth and encourage me to continue practicing, I failed to see my progress and quit. The truth is, I am my own worst critic. It didn’t matter much what my band teacher thought, I thought I sucked at playing it. 

Beyonce wasn’t born with an impressively wide range, Quincy Jones didn’t exit the womb hitting every note on the trumpet perfectly, and even Squidward still makes noise on his clarinet lol. It’s the practice, time & effort put into what they do – to reach where they wanted to be, that got them where they are now. You are not born an A student, born an A-list actress, or a grade A human. So it’s ok to suck and make noise! Everyone makes noise before they can make music. Such is life. Through your struggle, you make your music beautiful.