BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

I don’t really write about cringy quotes like ‘follow your dreams’ or ‘live, laugh, love’ but I will write about this one! I never used to believe my teachers at school when they used to say ‘believe in yourself’ but now being a self employed DJ at 20 I can say it works wonders.

About 3 years ago when I had already been DJing for around 5 years I still thought I was a beginner. I was getting paid gigs every weekend and mixing live weekly, DJing at weddings, bars, clubs, restaurants and pubs, I would still think I didnt know how to DJ. People would ask me where can I find your mix’s online and I would just say ‘you can’t’ I would never post anything. Not because I didn’t know how, because I was so scared of what people would say or if I wasnt ‘doing it right’. And fast forward 4 years on that same mix that I wouldn’t post back in 2019 now has regular listens on soundcloud weekly and has over 2000 views (and for 16 year old me I would be so happy).

So from that day forth I have told myself for every hard gig that I face each weekend I tell myself, I can do this! And after over 70 gigs last year I now know that I do truly believe in myself.

My dream has always been and still is, is to DJ at Ushuaia Ibiza. And each year that goes by I know i’m one year closer to making this dream a reality. I keep telling my Mum and Dad when we go to visit Ibiza… ‘next year I’ll be up there’ and now I have set a goal to have 1 gig booked in 2023 on the Island, not Ushuaia just yet! Well I wouldn’t turn it down if I was offered haha!

So one thing i’ve learned from growing up being self emplyoed is…. if it feels right go for it! And take every opportunity that comes your way because one day they will all stop coming and you’ll wish that you woudl’ve!