I’m over the moon! Just got my tickets for the Brad Paisley concert in Copenhagen in October. I so badly wanted to go but I have no friends listening to country Music. Or so I thought! I was wrong. And I’m so glad I put out a request on social media.

But I need to confess one thing… I don’t know if I so badly want to go to this concert because of memories I have with this one man. Or if it simply is because Brad Paisley is as good as he is, and I’ve never been to a live concert with a country artist.

I believe we meet different people at different stages in life, when we need to meet just that one person. I’ve done that. And I did that with this one man. Three years ago. It was my best and worst year, being friends and lovers with this man. It was a roller-coaster I’m glad I was on, or more chose to get on. My life has been a bit up and down and crazy since, but the way I’ve moved forward is the result of that friendship and I would never change it. But that kind of short ‘in need for it but you don’t know it’ friendship can leave a scar, and this one for sure did. Brad Paisley is one of them…

Music has always been a big part of my life. Depending on my mood, different genres. When I was younger I needed the music to be able to express my feelings, but not as much today. Even though it still affects me, and especially when being happy. And that just made me realise I haven’t listened to music the same way I used to. I haven’t listened to music the way I used to for a long time actually… That is another scar this friendship must have left in me. Music was a thing we had and shared. Nothing felt the same after we parted, when listening to music. I was heartbroken and in pieces, and I just didn’t want to listen to it. Any music at all. I didn’t need it any more. But boy, how I’ve missed it! Especially live music! And I do need it! Yet another step towards my new happy place, and I can’t believe I almost forgot about it (‘it’ being music).

That friendship didn’t end with a proper goodbye, so I didn’t really get a closure. It bugs me, I don’t like unfinished business. But I don’t live in it, I remember it! It’s a huge difference, and I like the memory. But I don’t know if this concert will open my scar again or if it will just remind me of how important music, and live music, is to me. I hope for the latter. And I’m strong enough to handle the first.

Either way, I don’t have time for sorrows or feeling blue. Tomorrow I will sign a new contract with a new employer and get a new title that will bring me to a new level in my career. Yes, I got the job I didn’t apply for. And yes, it feels great to have been headhunted this early in my career, even before my Bachelor’s degree is finito.

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