{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Isaac Delahaye wrote","author_name":"Isaac Delahaye (npub1d6…g2dvj)","author_url":"https://yabu.me/npub1d69krulfgz0463uf6fms9fqndvhd34vr20uewhcayhevjc8z33dq3g2dvj","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://yabu.me","html":"Looking back, the things that gave me the most return, were all the instances that pushed me out of my comfort zone.\n\nMy parents enrolling me to music academy while I couldn’t care less at the time. \nMy classical guitar teacher challenging me to actually start practicing instead of just coming to class. I took the challenge. \nSome classmates asking me to start a band with them, cause there was a “free stage” coming up at school. \nJoining bands with older, better and more experienced players. Shaky legs, but I was determined to catch up. \nDeciding to go and study electric guitar in a different country. I knew absolutely no-one there and felt so out of place. \nLearning myself how to code websites and how to use photoshop so I could start designing band artwork and online promo. \nTraveling 7 hours by train to go and do audition for a band that I thought was way above my league. I ended up recording several albums and touring the world for a couple of years with them. \n\nThere’s many more examples of this, and they all have the same things in common: fear and/or struggle, and the pulling “nah, forget about it” option. \nUnless my gut feeling told me to not do something, I always took the challenge. No matter what. \nAnd I still do. Every tour I impose a certain challenge on myself. Can be anything, f.e. water only, no carbs, practice daily, cold showers only, daily workout, etc. Some of them have been insane, but I love the all-or-nothing attitude :)"}