Have you ever wasted any talent?

[Kura 373]

Plain and simple: have you ever felt like you've wasted an opportunity in your life with something you're great at because you were too damn scared? 

 

I did it a couple of times. For ex., I taught myself piano and drums since I was a kid. When I got really good at it I had the chance to play it at a high school talent show because a drummer of one band got sick, so my math professor knowing the rumors about me playing it tried to get me to the stage so bad but I just froze and didn't step up. Same thing happened when I refused a dancing invitation of my high school crush even tho I was damn good at it LOL 

 

What about you? Do you have any could-have-been story to tell? 

[@True 2k8 3,285]

There were a number of professional opportunities I put off/passed on to play RS

 

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[≈Flukejiver 1,187]

I had an opportunity to get into a really good hockey college and pursue my dream of playing in the NHL.  Unfortunately I got in a bad accident and stopped playing altogether (wouldn't of made it to the NHL anyway omegalul). 🙂

[Dickus 789]

every day of my life

[Scleritis 985]

Yer I should be a pro footballer rn

[Adam_ 1,067]

idk if it's really talent but i was amazing in school in pretty much every subject to where it was no effort, i decided i hated school so i wasnt going to try and it really bit me in the ass when i got older and it had been years since i gave fuck about putting effort into school 

 

didnt end up failing out or any of that but it felt like a lot of effort that could have been avoided if i'd just given a crap over the years and stayed somewhat focused 

Edited April 3, 2021 by Adam_

[Tika191 1,099]

I had the drawing ability to do something with it as a career (like be on food stamps like most artists? idk) but never really considered it as an option. Only real regret is I haven't tried to continue developing that talent in the past 10 years or so, would be cool to see what sort of progress I couldve made

[B4uz 176]

I was really good at volleyball, even played for by country’s team like 2 times but in a practice I destroyed my ankle and I can’t play since that day, maybe and just maybe I could’ve made a life out of that. 
Now in a chef and had to reject an opportunity to work on Argentina in an awesome restaurant because of panic. Feels bad man

[Pietru 1,239]

I was really good at math when I was younger, but then I just kind of threw it away

[dnd5 1,017]

can't think of anything honestly

[Vanzant 1,392]

I was pretty good at baseball but I left home at 15

[Daniela 778]

I'm pretty happy with the paths I've taken in life, I'd only change minor things if I could but it's nothing that keeps me up at night

[Da Bazz 715]

I was decent at playing the piano but I rarely play these days when my younger brother plays I'm a little  jealous because I know I could have been at his level as well.

[Ssj 909]

Yeh piano, I was amazing at it as a kid. 

[danex 474]

had a pretty solid chance to make it far in hockey but health issues forced me to stop, out of my control.