I'm going to start today out with a little story. So a few weeks ago, I was talking to a loved one,

and this particular loved one makes music. And they were talking about how easy it is to make

ambient music. You know, music that's just pretty much sounds, right? Like, no singing, just sounds,

but like, cool sounds, right? And I was like, oh my God, I wish I knew

how to make ambient music. Like, I can't play instruments, and it takes a long time to learn how to

play instruments. I wish I at least knew how to make ambient music, because, number one, I like listening to it. Number two,

it would be so cool to put ambient music in my YouTube videos. I was like, oh my God, it'd be so fun to

make a YouTube video and then make my own music for the video. I was like, that would be so

cool. And I was like, but there's just no way. Like, there's no way I would figure it out. And the person I was talking I was like, that would be so cool. And I was like, but there's just no way.

Like, there's no way I would figure it out. And the person I was talking to was like,

Emma, it's so easy. It's so easy. You can learn how to do it. I was like, no, no, I don't

think I can. They were like, why? They were like, I literally Googled it and then focused on it for like 48 hours and then I knew how to do it.

They were like, I taught myself, you can just teach yourself, you can totally do it.

And I was like, no, but I can.

They were like, yes, you can.

And it was like this back and forth for a few minutes.

And then I realized, I stopped in my tracks and I realized,

I have a problem. I have a mental block. For some reason, I don't believe that I can teach

myself something successfully, especially something that doesn't come naturally to me. I've never

been naturally good at playing instruments. Actually, that's not necessarily

true. I have good natural rhythm, which is very helpful when it comes to playing instruments,

but what I don't have is the patience that it takes to learn how to play an instrument.

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