Playing Piano has been one of my hobbies and I have been learning piano ever since I was a kid. My father and my uncle play guitar and piano, and have created a band named antriksh. I always attended their concerts but never had the the courage to step up and perform because of my anxiety, I always prepared songs like Attention by charlie puth, hymn for the weekend – Coldplay, baatein kuch ankahi si, Get lucky – Daft punk and more. However this time, I decided to come over my anxiety and be courageous to perform with the band as I have the opportunity and talent to do so. So why hold back, everybody messes and up judges people, so why be scared of anything, why perform for others, I should do it for myself.

There was a gig at a cafe, after a few songs, I asked my father “Are you going to perform hymn for the weekend and other songs?”, he replied that they will, I told him “I am gonna perform then” and since it was a gig and my father always wanted me to perform with them. I went up to the stage, I was shivering at first, but as the song began, I caught up with the flow and played my heart out. My friends were recording, they said that I was amazing out there.

I did this to overcome my anxiety and become more courageous. Because in life if you aren’t courageous enough you will miss out on opportunities to shine and what’s the point in living life scared? I took this step to set an example on myself that I should do whatever I feel like and be free from even my ownself and to never doubt myself, a small step but for me it’s a big step to encourage me to fly and live my life to its fullest.

Learning outcomes and categories –

This falls under creativity as I am doing something new, performing for the first time

LO – 2 – This was a challenge for me, I had the skills but I didn’t have the confidence to show them, so I overcame it. However it was still tough for me to learn piano because of adhd, as piano requires patience but it’s tough for me and I couldn’t even sit on one place for a few minutes let alone do it for 1-2 hours, however I was able to over come it

LO – 4 – working collaborative with others, When you perform in a band, everything needs to be in sync and you all need to work together. 1 performance requires many practices together. I had to practicve the songs over and over again with the band.

LO – 5 – Showing preservance and commitment, working in a band requires commitment from everyone. you all need to sacrifise time and practice together and work on problems arising ie. technical problems or the problem where the scale is not the same in 1 or 2 of the instruments.

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