Under Cover SUPERHERO!

It’s so cringe to talk about myself. I am generally a funny person with my family and close relatives, on the other hand however, I am also humble and reserved. There is a thin line between confidence and arrogance, and there is vocal. I guess I am just going to have to get comfortable opening up for the sake of this writing.

Are you sure you're only 14?

Being a superhero is a lot of work although it’s part time (Totally my fun side). I spend more time being a professional thinker;-). I hear it at least once per week. “Wow you’re so young and you’re already volunteering”, “what motivates you to be working and you’re only 14”? I wonder if there is a magic fairy that streamlines the process of adulthood. What is the age I should be responsible for wanting the best possible life? Most of the commenters are encouraging and motivating for me so I guess it’s subconsciously a good feeling although a bit alarming.

My mom is an amazing life coach.

She constantly teaches me to love myself and plan my life because I am the one living it. If you have made it thus far into reading, let's establish that I am great at turning lemons into lemonade. I have survived poverty like a boss, homelessness like a champ and tribulations with triumph. Nah this is definitely not a pity party. This is reality. Everyone has a story so one is not more important than another. Each undesired experience can be a lesson rather than a loss. Flowers do not bloom without rain so I have turned my pain into rain and embraced growth.

The P A NA D E M I C ugh!

Ok, so it's 2020 and the lockdown has started here in Toronto. I sign in to class, I sign out of class, play my guitar and football is no more, wash, rinse, repeat. At one point I loved my routine and I appreciated knowing that Tuesdays is crossfit, Thursdays is football, weekends I visit a friend and so on. Now, I detest knowing what I will be doing tomorrow, because I will be doing nothing.

My mom forced me to learn an instrument a few years back and at first I was like, meh, then I completely immersed myself in music creation as a coping mechanism for the void the pandemic placed in my life. I am learning that happiness is a state of mind and I can exist happily in any environment if I really want to.

It's now 2021, and music is genuinely my passion. The satisfaction from creating something from scratch, that feeling of accomplishment when I challenge myself with a successful outcome, the respect I offer my beginner learners when I am executing a music production course and the overall pleasure of combining emotions, frequencies, amazing energy and creativity and translating it into sound. My alter ego is fighting that narrative and says the man’s about to make stacks. First album called “It costs $1500” second album out now called “the rates are in the description”. Yes I am silly sometimes. Perks of being 14.

The years I spent going through life(a tough time) with my mom, I have learned to set mini goals that design the life I want and the man I am to be. It’s like planting a fruit tree. You plant the seed today but enjoy the fruit later in life. I repeat almost daily the following reminders;

✅“Doing” is my ally.

✅I’m responsible for my actions

✅My success is my responsibility

✅I give myself approval

✅Continually focus

✅Continuously do one more thing

✅Happiness is a state of mind

✅Be proactive not reactive

DEFINITELY A SUPERHERO!

I guess it works. Somehow, between school, volunteering at the community foodbank, my one year old brother always trying to eat my guitar, my nine-year-old brother forever telling me about a dinosaur bone he found and my mom always yelling” Deeeee-Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaye!!!!! pass me my phone please”, I still manage to do music. Full disclosure: That Yelling is happening a full 30 feet away and that phone is a fraction of the smallest unit of measurement beside her. (Love you mom:-). I'm also now collaborating with a creative and talented teen producer and we combine our skill sets to operate my home studio in full motion. Indeed, I am after all a part time superhero ;-). Superhero private lessons coming soon...

Sooo. This is me. Authentically and unapologetically, open to feedback and welcomes constructive criticism,

OMG after writing this piece I think I may as well become a writer ;-) ;-) badum tsssss. Crickets, deafening silence, intense forehead slaps and awkward stares(visualizes a bad joke).