Enjoy and not think about it! (final)

Have you ever feel nervous about anything? Nervous is a feeling that when people suffering about something, usually is about performance, speech, show...etc. The reason why people will be nervous is because they always think they are not prepared or they never stand and perform in front of that much people. I used to be nervous about performed, but because of my piano teacher I get over the problem. Until now I still remember what she said to me; She said “ Don’t worry about how well you do, but think about how you enjoy in it.” Which mean only when you do what you love, it will lead you to success.

When I was 8 years old, I had my first piano performance. I spend about two months to practice the song that I'm going to performed. Everyday when I went back home, the first thing I do was to practiced piano. Sometimes I will practiced at school also, and I will asked my parents and my friends what they think about it? At the end I can even blind played the song just because I'm too familiar to the song.

Finally, it was the day before the concert. Before I went to bed, I told my mom that I was so scared that I will made mistake during the performance, but my mom told me I will be fine and asked me to go to bed. I wasn't able to sleep well just because I keep thinking about what happen if I made mistake on the concert. However, the day I’m prepared had come. I woke up earlier than before, and I dress myself well and went down stairs to ate breakfast. After breakfast, my dad drove us to the place that I’m going to performed. When I got there, I saw lots of my piano classmate already at there; I asked them whether they are prepared or not? Some of them said they were well prepared, but some of them were like me, who was still nervous about the concert.

Soon, the concert had began. I was the fifth person to play, so I need to go to the backstage prepared before the concert start. Then, it was my turn, I'm still think about what happen if I made mistake during performed. Suddenly, my piano teacher came to me and she found out that I’m still worry about the performed; She think for a while and told me  " Don't worry! You will be fine, because you already practice for that long.”

“But what happen if I make mistake?” I asked.

“Don’t worry about how well you do, but think about how you enjoy in it. This is what I can tell you!” “But…..”

“Gordon Kuo?” The staff said. “It is your turn, come on.”

Then I went up the stage, but I still felt very confus about what my teacher told me. I started to play it, but I still made some mistake at the beginning part. Then I think of what my piano teacher told me, enjoy the show. Suddenly, I felt that all of my worry was gone, and I was very comfortable with the stage. It was just like I performed in my house, and the rest of part was perfectly performed. After got out the stage, I told my piano teacher " Thank you! I finally found out to keep myself calm, and I think I am in love with the feeling of the performe!"

From this experience, I learned that don't worry about whether you did well or not on the stage. Even though you think you made some mistake during the performance, but if you were doing what you love in the performance and do it with your enthusiasm. The audience will never know that you made mistakes, because in their eyes you were just looked so professional when you performed.


After you read my article, you might still worry a lot before you get on the stage, and you will think that you were not ready for it. No matter what, remember to enjoy it when you do it, and this will help you to get rid of the feeling of nervous.