17 - Post-Awesome Mopeys

[Tzadeck]

Wow, I loved the video. I really felt very similar to this when I was in college. In fact, our colleges sound similar. It's been four years since then, and I still don't know exactly what stones to step on to get to where I want to go. So instead I've just been choosing the most colorful stones near me, and appreciating them for what they are.

[Nannirk]

Sounds perfectly normal to me.

[jaydock1]

I knew I liked you.

[livin4hymn]

Not that I can fully relate to your life, but I kinda hear you about your path not being as set as everyone else's. Not everybody needs college, but we're taught that it's the only way. I sometimes get to feeling that what I'm going to school for isn't necessarily what I want to do with my life, but I"m not sure what else I'd want to do so I'm sticking with it until I can figure out what else I really want to do. If it involves more school tho, my wallet will kill me.

[YdocNameloc]

People like you are why I have nothing but hope for your generation. You are going to be more than fine, and the world will be better because people like you are in it.

[arimethia]

You're at that "Waiting for life to start" stage in you life. Its a funny stage, but its still life. So make the most of where you are and concentrate on what God is doing in your life in this moment!

Be blessed!

[feitocomfruta]

Funny how you are talking about all that while wearing a "philosoraptor" shirt...

[thecolormaria]

i tell adults the same thing.

i loved this video. thank you molly.

[Inferfire]

I understand what you are going through Molly, i am one of those "boring vanilla unspectacular people" since i am a very goal oriented person; but i can relate to what you are feeling.

I think your feeling an existential angst.

Your not really sure where your life is leading.

You can feel time passing you by and you realize that your going to have to choose how to live your life as an adult very soon.

But you know what? You do have a goal. That part B that you mentioned. Follow that path

[roxtar10870]

Know exactly how you feel with regards to school. Keep your chin up and keep playing.

[MJStone1974]

Molly i can pretty much safely say that you are not meant to be a school teacher.

The endorphin rush you get on stage and its loss you miss when it ends the next day. Along with your pretty awesome CD kinda show where you are meant to go.

I would not be surprised when in a tear or so's time when you tell your parents that you are dropping out they will be going about bloody time.

[Choaf82]

I feel like that right now just in general. College to me was a way out of the life I was dealt. I felt that if I went and finished I would have a better life then my family had but, now after finishing my M.B.A. and now without a job. I feel college was a sort of waste. I know though that eventually it will pay off but the short term can really suck.

Hang in their with college I think being a teacher is a great way to be able to continue to work on your music and always a great fallback job

[SlipFlip]

I totally understand the mopeys...

I usually call it "The day after" (or "The days after") - and I hate the day after!

[lissyruth13]

I feel that way too. I'm in college and when people ask me what I'm doing I just explain what my major is and how I might change it, but I don't really know why I'm here. I just want to live and I don't feel like college is a life... if that makes any sense.

[1276Damien]

Even if college is not a necessary part of your path it is worth doing.

The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge

[Nuckpang]

I saw Joco and P&S a while ago in Dublin. Next time they come to Ireland, you'd better be there! Heavy things will be thrown at those awesome people (awesome as they are, but without Molly? Pfft, t'is but half a show!)

[tetsubo57]

I don't mean to scare you Dear, but you *are* an adult.

And depression, even temporary depression is a powerful and dangerous issue. Be careful.

[Hayden825]

It would've been sweet if you could've played at the 2010 Olympics.

[DFTBSabertooth]

1) HOW DID I MISS YOUR SHOW IN VANCOUVER? For once an awesome artist comes to ME, and I miss it.

2) I play music as well, and I get post-awesome mopeys too.  The second you described it I was like OH MAN, THATS ME. Glad someone else feels the same thing.

-Sabia

[blithium]

I didn't know about it either or I would have told you :(

But as it stands: HOW COULD YOU NOT TELL SABIA ABOUT IT, MOLLY! WHY1?!?!?!?!?!?ONE!?

I wish I could say I feel like that. If I have a purpose, it's in the theater, but I don't ever feel like that when I finish a show. It's fun, I'm good at it, but I don't think it's what I was born to do.

[JohnBurchfield]

Dude. That was Philosophical! 5 Stars :D

[charlaine2124]

I completely get it. I feel like that every time I finish a show. but then my teachers or my parents try to tell me I need to study harder and the shows come second to my work in the theatre, but I really feel like this is what I want to do and I don't need all the other studying to do it, I could start now if I wanted to... but I never do...

[SciFiGirl1023]

aw i understand the mopeys.

life should never be just going from stepping stone to stepping stone. you have to enjoy life. not plan it

<3s mk

[kenkopin]

I have just recently discovered something that may help with your mopeys. Until recently I (and most people I know) was getting fixated on the immediate next thing. Now I try to have three or more "next things" in the queue. Then when one finishes, there isn't such an emotional drop off, because you still have those other two things coming up. Easier said than done, but there it is. YouTube comments too short to elaborate fully, but that's it in a nutshell.

[BarryAldridge]

Thanks for sharing Molly. I have felt that way a few times in my life.

[FImMbO]

Wow, and here I thought I was the only one!! I'm right there with you in the whole "I'll do this and this but then what?"

[songsfrompaul]

Thanks for sharing that, Molly :)

Also, thanks for posting so late - if you had been on time I would have had to record with a nasty cold virus in my system :P

[doctornoise]

Thanks for sharing all your feelings with us Molly. I know I've felt that way before... If there's one thing I've never had even to this day is a definite path.

[WasItJustMe]

Damnit you were in Vancouver! Darn =(

[JamieTricks]

What you were saying makes me wonder what's better: having "boring middle-class goals", with a series of definite steps toward achieving them; or to be aiming at something more, but unsure of how to get there. The second one seems a lot more appealing to me, but they certainly both have their merits.

(Of course, currently I have neither of those, I am really not sure where I want to be going, hopefully I'll work it out at some point..)

[JamieTricks]

Wow, I had serious trouble keeping focused on what you were saying in this video. Nothing to do with what you were saying, it was very interesting, it's just that I couldn't resist singing along to the background music...

[PaulSaysThings]

i cant get the video to play past 11 seconds :(

[doctornoise]

clear your cache, reset your browser, restart if necessary, try again. Sometimes the goofiest shit will cause that.

[footynutguy]

Apart form me getting tripped up by your accent and thinking your were talking about your moby's, this is another awesome video. But then gain, its probably me being less awesome by not getting your accent straight away.

Stick at college. Even though its a bit of a downer it will all make sense in the end.

[AdamTheAlien]

I have a pretty damn good idea how you feel. I get the post-awesome mopeys a lot...or, lately, the "Dammit, why the Hell haven't I done something awesome lately?" mopeys. I, too, have a "Point B" with no stepping stones to guide my constantly meandering path.

[AdamTheAlien]

Hell, the church job I just escaped/got ejected from always felt like a weird detour that was beneficial at first, and then quickly became something that was weighing me down, and outright prohibited me from pursuing some potential paths toward my Point B.

[AdamTheAlien]

Ultimately, though, the purpose of the journey isn't solely to reach Point B. It's like hiking through the woods...sure, you've got an end point in mind (hopefully), and yeah, you want to get there before it gets dark. But in the meantime, there's some fucking amazing shit all around you.

[AdamTheAlien]

So instead of focusing on whether the path you're taking is the right one, just make sure you're headed in the right compass direction and enjoy the meandering trails and detours while they last. Once you get to Point B, you're gonna have to figure out a Point C, and start a whole new journey. Don't make the journey a race to the finish line when the race is life and the finish line is, well...yeah.

[AdamTheAlien]

To be honest, I often feel like the people with the clear, cut-and-dry stepping stones to their points B, C, and otherwise are the people who don't really get to enjoy the journey. They're just following the map, and racing to the aforementioned finish line according to a predetermined tour guide.

Personally, even though sometimes it seems like they've got it better, I prefer getting to wander. Hiking in national parks & such, I always loved going off the trails, at least a little bit. :-)

[AdamTheAlien]

You have the post-awesome mopeys, I have the didn't-manage-to-see-you-and-M­r.-Coulton-perform mopeys.

"Small town"? Careful, some of the more rabidly prideful folks around here will skin you alive for that, even with the correction. :-D

[lesliefoundhergrail]

aww Molly you're lovely.

It's so difficult for everyone that doesn't have a definite laid out plan for the future. I've been having these same feelings. We should talk about this soon.

[bernieb223]

We need some new Molly songs

[JamieTricks]

I'd second that request, but you appear to have already done that yourself...