A message to everyone on here under 18
Do what you love right now. Don't slack off of schoolwork, don't blow off friends, but make time right now to do the things that you love to do and the things that make you feel productive and make you feel happy when you do them. I've been playing guitar since I was ten, and in the ten years since, I've become very proficient. However I barely get to play anymore because of college, and while that will get better once I have a job, I still won't be able to dedicate myself to it.
Now it's never too late to learn almost anything, but it's much harder to learn as an adult because of time constraints, so I am constantly grateful for all the time I spent building up this skill when I was a teenager that has actually helped me a surprising amount over the past few years. So if you're reading this and you're under the age of 18, so in all likelihood are not a full-time student or worker, take advantage of this rare time in your life where you are not required to work a job, where your courseload is mostly manageable, where you have oodles of free time, and learn to do whatever it is you love proficiently and well. Whether it's playing an instrument, drawing pictures, writing a program, soldering circuits, whatever it is, learn it and love it, because now's an opportunity to do it you won't get again for a while, and even if it's not something you make any money off of, the self-satisfaction and peace of mind it will give you is well-worth the effort.
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