Post by @Tzipporah@turtleisland.social

2026-05-03 00:43 UTC

I have been trying to practice singing recently and I have to repeatedly remind myself of what I said in an interview a while back about not being afraid of failure, that it is a necessary part of any creative or skill-learning process. You are allowed to do things you [think you] suck at! Doing things you suck at is the only chance you have to Not Suck at those things. That little voice doesn&#39;t want you to reach your dreams, it wants you to stay inside your comfort zone. DON&#39;T LISTEN!!

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@GPJohnston@mastodon.social 2026-05-03 01:22

@Tzipporah@turtleisland.social Go for it, you never know until you give it a shot.

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@jamesmarshall@sfba.social 2026-05-03 03:36

@Tzipporah@turtleisland.social yes! And it's enjoyable for the singer even if they're not good. I just love the way it feels, especially in harmony. And the more you do it, the better you'll get.

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@delve@deadinsi.de 2026-05-03 05:11

@Tzipporah@turtleisland.social Got a link to that interview? I'd love to check it out!

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@thegarbagebird@theblower.au 2026-05-03 07:42

@Tzipporah@turtleisland.social even if you do suck at them, keep doing them if you enjoy it. you don't owe anyone proficiency or productivity

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@cavyherd@wandering.shop 2026-05-03 08:15

@Tzipporah@turtleisland.social I wish this had been conveyed to me when I was very young. I came up with the idea (instilled both by ambient culture & by parental influence) that if you couldn't do it perfectly coming out of the gate, there was no point in even trying. Non-wunderkind need not apply.

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@VE3RWJ@mastodon.radio 2026-05-03 16:46

@plutarch@gotosocial.plutar.ch @Tzipporah@turtleisland.social For some of us, that "little voice" isn't so little. It's loud and incessant. I might try #mindfulness #meditation and hopefully I'll stick with it long enough to lower the volume of that voice, or learn to ignore it more of the time.

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