There comes a moment for many musicians — whether you’re on stage under blinding lights or hustling in a studio at 2 a.m. — when you realize the show, as you’ve known it, might be over. For some, it is burnout. For others, a shift in passion, priorities or even paycheck. I've lived that moment. And I've learned that what comes next doesn't have to be a comedown — it can be a comeback.
Reinvention, especially after a life in music, isn't about abandoning your identity. It's about translating the skills, resilience and creativity you have already mastered into something new. It is about doing something most people never dare to do: Write a second act. However, the real question is not about what you want. It's about what you will.
I know this because I’ve lived it more than once. At 16, I decided to become a nun. It sounds like the plot twist in a movie, but it was very real and very quiet. My idea of devotion looked a lot like Julie Andrews in "The Sound of Music." However, I wasn't dancing through hills singing hymns. I left after just a few months, lost and directionless.
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