Once I was able to come to terms with the fact that sometimes just getting so annoyed you wanted to quit was normal, I reached out to some friends. I was thinking I could just skirt around the issue ("Yeah, I guess music school just blows sometimes...) and judge their reactions from there. What I discovered really blew me away: my friends--the very people I envied because I swore they were so confident and comfortable with their career choices--felt similarly! 

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Naturally, I wanted to learn more. 

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I set up shop in the music school's lounge. Armed with a box of Washtenaw Dairy donuts, I sat at an empty table. I'd made a small sign that read If you tell me about the time you almost quit music, I'll give ya a donut. 

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Here's what they had to say...