What Should I Focus On? Do I Have To Forget Everything Else?

[Damir Elezi]

I wanted to ask you about something that I have been struggling with for at least a year now. I am from Germany, 19 years old and it's my dream to become a successful rap artist. I have been writing lyrics since I was 13/14 and since around this time last year I have recorded and released some songs and a self made music video. 

My problem is, that I realize you have to put a massive amount of work into a carreer like that to really be successful. But there are so many other domains of life I really care about. 

For example I understand that physical health and fitness is really important. I have never really been a sporty guy but some months ago I had a stable gym routine which brought me some results, but in the end I could not focus on it because of all the other stuff I want to do. Same with meditation and spirituality, which is worth pursuing a whole lifetime as well. There are times where I read a lot about this stuff, meditate every day and try to integrate mindfulness into my daily life but then my focus changes to a domain I didn't pursue for a long time and I only meditate once every few days. I also started going to university this year, studying sociology and I could really picture myself being a professor or a scientist in this field if the rap thing does not get me so far that I could earn enough money to live. But this is also much work. And of course there is always my girlfriend, the few but important friends I have and my family who I care for and who I don't want to lose contact to. 

The problem is that I consider each of these domains really important, so I don't want to cut any of it. Each of them kind of makes me happy but when I lose track of the others, I get unhappy, changing up my plans, always planning new strategies on how to fit all this into my life. I know it's about doing less, not more but as I said I think that all of these are important. On the other hand I think that they all prevent me from pursuing my true passion: hip hop. Needless to say I don't create real results in any of those.

Do you know how I can solve this problem? What can I do to pursue a rap carreer but still take care of all those other things?

Thanks in advance

[The Monk]

@Damir Just ask yourself "If I could master one which would my intuition choose?" then go with that, and enjoy life. 

[fireworld]

@Damir Elezi You have to realize that you are bound by time. If you aren't having success in many areas of your life, try to focus more on a certain area until you find out if you like something a lot more than the other. You may find that exercising and eating healthy is fun, but not as fun as hiphop, so you exercise but not with the same passion.

If you don't know try, if you still don't know decide what you want to cut out and just do it.

[Alex4]

do you have hobbies such as watching tv, playing videogames, surfing random  websites? I cut all those and the time and fulfilment I gained is incredible.