Motivation to play Piano.. I'm really young

[sss3d]

Hi, I came across this site through google,
when one day, I decided I wanted to try and be good at piano.

I would like to be like those people who could practice at the piano for 3 hours and not get tired....

There's many distractions at my age, such as online games. 

They seem more fun than piano.   

So I'm trying to stop playing games..  and even though the games are really really really addicting (I'm not sure if people here know of how addicting RPG games can be.. because over here are an older audience),
And I've successfully quit an addicting mafia game on Nov 1, 2005.
And I'm trying to stop all games.

So my question is, is there any advice people can give to me to keep up with piano?  I'm 13. 

And my cousin is a genius at piano, winning first place nationally in her country, which scares me a bit.

But I need advice, to be able to have the endurance to sit at the piano for hours on end practicing.

It's not easy.   :-P

P.S. I'm not sure my questions made sense..  but I'll try asking as we go along (the replies).

P.S.S.  About how old can people be over here?

[Motrax]

I'm 20, but I completely understand what you're saying. I played my fair share of RPGs back in the day... 

I've found that the best way for me to practice for long periods of time is to set attainable goals at the beginning of each practice session. I play scales and finger excercises for 15-30 minutes to warm up and work on LH technique (my LH is pretty dumb), and then I move on to repertoire. The goals I set tend to revolve around the metronome, and when I need to memorize something quickly I set that as a goal too. For example, I'll decide to get two difficult measures up to 90 beats per minute. I start at 50 or 60 (somewhat slower than what I feel comfortable with) and go up one by one until I hit 90. When I make a mistake, I go down three bpm, and when I play the passage comfortably (it's easy to play a passage without missing notes but still uncomfortably) I move up one bpm. With this method I'm able to focus entirely on troublesome sections, and I'm able to sit at the piano for very long periods of time since I don't get up until I reach my goal.

However, it's most important that you think about what you're doing when you practice. It's very easy to disengage your brain from your playing - this makes boredom set in rather quickly. Always think about the sound you're creating. Constantly question why your music sounds the way it does, and if there are better ways to express the piece through more interesting phrasing, dynamics, rubato, etc. If you're never satisfied with your playing, you'll always be able to improve it, and you'll be more willing to spend 3 hours practicing.

Sorry for the rather verbose post... hope you can pick out something useful in my words.

- M

[rc]

Dreaming is what gets me motivated. I'll dream about all the things I'd like to be able to do, then tell myself "you're gonna hafta do a lot of practicing to get there, it'll take some work". Then I can hardly wait to start practicing, all the sooner I can make my dreams reality.

After a while, the practice sessions begin to pay off and you're able to play some pieces, and that becomes motivation in itself, because you're seeing results.

Also, a 3 hour straight practice session is pretty gruelling. I always take breaks all over the place, which I believe is what most people do.

I'm 8 years older than you, and a former videogame addict, that was all I used to do!

[Kassaa]

World of Warcraft and playing the piano is perfectly combinable. I'm 13 (tomorrow 14) and I study between 2 and 3 hours a day (want to do more, but school is a problem ) and when I'm done with practicing and homework, I just play WoW for a bit of relaxion.

The motivation should just be there, you should really love making music and be able to express yourself. Playing the piano shouldn't feel like an obligation to you, but something you love to do .

[lisztisforkids]

sss3d,.
   I was 13 when I wanted to play the piano. Dont be intimidated by other people!

[infectedmushroom]

Well, I'm a bit older, but I still like to play RPG's. In fact, I like playing computer games cause of the music in it, and I like to play those songs on the piano (especially Final Fantasy songs).

Maybe it's interesting for you to start playing video game music too. A lot of famous songs/pieces, from Mario for example, is not that difficult and they're really fun to play.

[raeofsunshine]

I'm 16 and have been playing piano since I was 7, and I know exactly where you're coming from. 

The beginning few years of learning any instrument is strenuous and can be boring, and of course computer games are more attractive then playing scales!  Your motivation, however, is very impressive and whatever you do don't give up because believe me it's worth it when you finally get a feel for the piano.

My advice for you would be not to just play the pieces which your teacher gives you (I remember how dull mine used to be) but also find some more amusing pieces to play.  That's the way I found my motivation, playing for hours really isn't hard when it's a tune you know and like.  Currently if i've had a bad day at school I play Disney pieces, Christmas Carols or a piece I found online from Final Fantasy VI.  If you do a sheet music search on the internet or visit your music shop there's a huge range of familiar pieces you can buy, and it benefits your sight reading as well as being fun.

Finally, if you have a set time every day when you practice it does help a lot, but overall just keep going because it really pays off in the long run.   

[Jacey1973]

Go to as many professional piano recitals as possible! Whenever i see an amazing pianist perform i'm really motivated to practise afterwards.

[sss3d]

Wow, Thanks everyone for the great advice!   

I'm going to reply to each person, because I think it's the easiest way, but it would be great if everyone could reply to everything I say. 

To Motrax
When I was in 7th grade till 5th grade, the way I practiced the piano, my thoughts would eventually drift, and I would start thinking about other things like the days events or strategies for games.  And when that happens, I could stay at the piano longer. lol

But now, because my goals are different and I am aware that I want to try harder at the piano, I'm going to be more focused ON piano while I'm playing it.  I'll try to listen to every note and every dynamics. 

And I'll try those techniques!  But of course, due to my lack of patience, I won't be looking for perfection in order to move up my bpm. 

To rc
What type of dreaming did you meant?  Because I'm the type of person who finds literal dreaming very important to me...  so I keep a dream journal.
But did you mean to just think about things?
3 hours straight.. lol I do hope that most people take breaks.  I can't imagine sitting so long at the piano...

You were a video game addict!    
How did you get out of playing video games, and decided to play piano?
Did something suddenly "hit you" to inspire you? 

To lisztisforkids
What inspired you to start at 13?

To infectedmushroom
Will do. 
But how could you divide your time between piano and rpg games?
Did you need your parents telling you?
Because I feel that (maybe it's in some rpg games) since everything moves fast paced, you need to spend most of your spare time on the games rather than other things...
(and that's how I became a billionaire on the mafia game lol)

To raeofsunshine
Yea!  I would wish to play other pieces than the one my teacher gives me, but I would feel afraid that I need the practicing for just my pieces...  but that never happens and I would just get off the piano and go to the computer... 
I don't really like having to play boring songs, and I really don't like some contemporary pieces because they don't sound pleasent to listen to.
How does it pay off?  piano

To jenni r
Yea, that's what really really motivated me to "be good at piano". 
I saw this sort of rock concert combined with violins, and it really really inspired me. 


Just so people know, I started piano at 5 with my mom, and started piano with a teacher in 2nd grade.  Then I switched teachers in 3rd.  But my new teacher was really Suzuki - ish methods which bored me.  I switched again.   And my new teacher until 7th grade I think.  Then my teacher quit teaching piano. 
My new piano teacher who's only 20, seems more "pro" than all my other teachers.  He has two grand piano and he really does work hard to teach his students.

I swim everyday except sunday for an hour and 30 minutes.
And that leaves me with just an hour of piano and the rest of the time with homework.

I've been trying to do my homework at the library, so that I could have more time to play piano.

But some days, I just feel too tired or bored to play piano.

At school, I'm a leader.  I own the Rubik's Cube Club, and I've taught over 40 people to solve a Rubik's Cube, 6th through 8th graders.
So I understand a lot about patience, motivation, difficulties, etc.
Here's a pic of a Rubik's Cube:

https://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/front/rubix_cube.jpg

(I'm also in Student Council and I also lead the Debate club, I also plan to start a Sudoku club [a math puzzle thing] and a programmer's club for graphing calculators)

And what I learned was that, I need motivation to play piano.  I don't need any tangiable motivations, I'm not interested in money, objects or anything like that.
I just would like to know the self rewards that will eventually occur from playing the piano.

And there would be someone who asks whats the point of solving a Rubik's Cube, and those type of people might never want to learn how to solve a cube no matter what I say.

But I'm not like that someone, I'm just not aware of the rewards.  I want to know them.

Sorry this message was so long..  ! I hope someone might read this.   

[lisztisforkids]

To lisztisforkids
What inspired you to start at 13?

  Strangely, I dont really know. The turning point came when I asked my mother for piano lessons, she said no, there was no point in her paying for piano lessons because I wouldnet stick with it. Determination to prove her wrong was a huge factor in me playing the piano. But probaly the biggest factor came when I was 14. When I was 14 I saw my first profesional pianist play. Enrique Graf played Beethovens 3rd piano concerto in my hometown, and I was completely entranced and wanted to play like that.

Now I am 18 and playing Beethovens 3rd piano concerto. Quite a good feeling...

[thalbergmad]

I am 40 and i split my time between piano and Grand Theft Auto San Andreas.

The piano takes a lot longer to master.

[JCarey]

I became interested at 11, and ever since, piano has been the most important part of my life. Try practicing 3 hours a day. There will come a time when 3 hours will feel like 1, and 6 just simply won't be enough... trust me!

[gruffalo]

ok, i am going to give you some important advice here, because i am 17 (not far off from your age) and i also had a gaming addiction. for some people, gaming can be controlled, but i found that for me it became a big problem and i couldnt control it. so your going to have to use your own judgment to see whether you can handle it. for me, i want to follow a path in singing as a career, at the same time i am about to go to university to study engineering. There is no place for an addiction with the amount of work i want to do. If you are at school, and you are 13, i seriously consider you give up the gaming now because if it is an addiction for you, it will become worse.

I will tell you how i gave up. First of all i deleted a 3year account i had with a game called Delta Force Black Hawk Down, which was a soldier shoot em up game that recorded every kill you got in game, every flag you saved every medic save etc. this was very difficult but i finally did it. now every thing is much easier, and i find that the only way to completely be rid of gaming is to sell the Computer. i have a good computer which i am going to sell, and keep a slightly older computer which wouldnt work with games, so tha t i can access the internet and piano forums etc. i really hope this helps and i can tell you that you will feel much more free once you drop the gaming.

in terms of motivation for piano, if you are listening to something that really cathces your ear, find out what the name of the piece is. you might not be able to play it straight away, but at 13, you will learn quicker than at the age of 5, and you can keep that piece as a thought or a dream and you tell yourself that you will soon be able to play that piece and the only way is through practicing pieces and scales of lower levels until you become a good enough standard to play that piece. a lot of people say that they started the piano because a certain piece caught their eye, and to eventually play the piece was the most satisfying thing ever. i didnt get start that way, but its just an example. go try and buy loads of CDs DVDs and videos of music. proffessional pianists will always inspire you.

I think you have a very good chance of acheiving a lot because you certainly have a good attitude and you seem quite mature. Dont give up either. you will always go through rough patches where you think you are not good enough. just keep working through these rough patches and you will become a good at beating them and you will be a good pianist.

[rc]

To rc
What type of dreaming did you meant?  Because I'm the type of person who finds literal dreaming very important to me...  so I keep a dream journal.
But did you mean to just think about things?
3 hours straight.. lol I do hope that most people take breaks.  I can't imagine sitting so long at the piano...

You were a video game addict!    
How did you get out of playing video games, and decided to play piano?
Did something suddenly "hit you" to inspire you? 

I meant daydreaming, while listening to a recording or watching a performance imagining myself one day being able to do that. My night-dreams are usually terrifying nightmares, kinda fun but not too motivating for piano

I was big into the RPGS too, infected mushroom has a good point, the final fantasy games always had some pretty sweet tunes. I think I just eventually became bored with videogames, wanted to do more social things; hang with friends, start a band. Still had videogames at that point, but online games, the more of a social element the more I was attracted to it. My alltime favorite game was a text-based online game because the human element was so prominent.

Then I just got sick of how much of my life I was spending on unproductive entertainment, replaced TV and videogame time with social life, music and work (the necessary evil). Now I don't have any inclination to even begin any videogames. It was a natural progression. You sound like you keep a pretty busy schedule, you're ambitions will probably pull you away from videogames at some point, but I wouldn't stress too much about it.

I think you've got it together man, your attitude is great, you could probably do a good job of anything you put your mind to. With so many other things competing for your time, I would suggest not to be too hard on yourself. If you don't like the pieces your teacher assigns, tell your teacher, get your teacher's cooperation to learn the things you want to learn, it's better that way.

and yes, music is very rewarding in itself. Even more so to eventually be able to share the music with others, which is sometimes a challenge of its own, our culture doesn't exactly emphasise the arts and there are a lot of preconcieved notions about music to get through.

[lostinidlewonder]

There is no real reason for you to study the piano as you say 3 hours a day because so much is already on your plate. Although these time restrains don't magicaly really change when you leave school, then you will be busy with your own job or studying to improve your job prospects. In the end you must make time to focus your piano study, that is the only way you will ever see any "proper" change in your ability. Whether you do that now during school or when you do it when you leave, both be as difficult as the other to find the time to sacrifice.

I am still very interested in games, I don't think I'll ever stop. Chess takes so much of my free time. Put me in a room with a good chess book, a board with pieces and a lamp and I'll be fine for half the day  . But there always must be a balance when we do anything in life.

Why is it near the end of our summer holiday break we start to get bored and have some urge to go back to school? Why is it when we are midway through a school term we wish it was holidays? Same with when you do recreational things in your life, if that is all you do, honestly in a year or two this will become very boring. Balancing it with work, rewarding yourself with recreation is the best way. The opposite is true, too much piano practice is bad. It makes our brains into robots, makes procedure out of learning music, which is a lifeless, uncreative approach to learning music. When we learn when we should learn and when we rest should rest. When people mix the two it can be chaotic and we jump from piano, to computer, to piano, to computer, and in the end all this jumping around has resulted in little work but just confusion. Just as bad is practicing things on the piano we don't know then playing things we know, then practicing things we don't, then doing things we know etc etc. This wastes so much time.

Why learn the piano? Musician only care about two thing. The best sound production and physical control. If these things are of no deep interest to you, you will not become a good musican. It is as simple as that! If you tell me go study this piece from this composer I am extremely excited because I know what that composers writing is like (or if I don't know the composer I am very interested to find out what they are like), I know the particular physical action they write for the piano, I know the sounds they like to use. Playing music is like walking in an art gallery and standing there admiring the works. Studying music is like trying to understand each stroke that was made to create a picture. I really feel some spiritual connection to the composer, I always think when I have a score in front of me, this is amazing this music, these combinations of notes are exactly what the composer played when his God given musical gift created it.

Dots on a page are like a photograph of the musical energy that existed in a composer. There is no way to describe this photograph just as useless as it would be for you to describe what a favorite photo out of your family photo album looks like. Words cannot do it, but emotion can. We can feel the music, all of us can, but not many of us can produce the music. That requires so much work and effort and love for sound creation.

[jamie_liszt]

 I thought infectedmushroom's idea was good, If you enjoy video games and piano, why don't you combine them, if you like RPG Games play some RPG game music on the piano. You will enjoy it even more and want to play and practise more.

 If you want to play for long periods, don't start straight off by practising a full 4 hours at a time, build up to it, because I remember when i started practising longer there was alot of pain in my wrist, hands and fingers. But you get used to it after a while.

 I used to practise 3 hours maybe more at a time but I found it is better if you take breaks. I got bored with games, but I recently bought a new game which I enjoyed, so I didn't touch the piano for 3 days because I was to interested in the new game, I also went to the movies, the shops, the water and it was quite enjoyable. When I practised today I found my playing improved, im learning chopin etude 25/11, i could play the first page slowly, but when i took a break I found i could play the whole page up to speed better then before, and I didn't do any practise at all. So time away form the piano can also help, so don't practise to hard if you practise to long sometimes it ruins it and you 
don't get anywhere, dont force yourself.

happy birthday Kassaa, jenni r is also right, sometimes the pro's inspire you to do better and practise more!

[sss3d]

Whoa, Thanks a lot everyone for the great advices.

I highly highly appreciate them.

Of all the forums I've been to,  pianforum.net has been the best!

Everyone here is extremely helpful and encouraging.

I'll have to remember, if one day, I win a piano competition and I get the opportunity to speak.  I'll be like "I want to thank Pianoforum.net.  The people there are great!"
or something like that    

I also play games, and get addicted to them because of player interaction and the human element.  I talk and talk, and because of that, I thought my real life social skills are getting better (I'm really well known at my school, and really good at socializing), but instead, it wasn't improving at all.
When I got off playing communication based games, I tried to apply the stuff to real life, but I realized that there was more to than just talking...  there was also tone of voice, body language, etc.

I started trying to read a hell a lot on body languages so I could read people's expression, cause in the internet world we just use a or a or something... but in real life it was a lot more difficult to read people's emotion.

Anyways, I believe what I just has been off topic, so I'll try to move back on topic.  :-p

There would be days where I don't play piano much, but mainly rest, and when I get back to it, I seem to get better.
Or some days, I just don't understand things by teacher is teaching me, but when I sleep and wake up, I seem to recall and process what he told me magically.

Well,  I wanted to learn braille, so I can help teach the blind, and read in the dark... but my parents were staunchly opposed to the idea.  They said it was a waste of time.
And I was able to memorize A- J in a day for braille.  But I realized touch was much different! lol
So I stopped working on braille, and soon started to try and compose piano music.  Like I said before, I went to a concert and was inspired.  I tried to pay attention to my theory.  I'm trying to improve my music.

I'm in this school secret society thingie.  There was this function at lunch.  And so I went there, and two people were playing piano.  I was really amazed by that.

And that led to the step to google about piano.

I came across this site.

And I hope that I can be inspired a couple more times.  I love that feeling of being inspired, and how my mind "agrees" to do things.

My mind can never agree to do things sometimes.  Some days, I just feel down and I don't feel like doing anything productive.  I hate that.

So anyways, if anyone needs any help, I would really be glad to help people around here.  I know a lot.  And I learn a lot each day.   

Thanks everyone! 
I'll be printing this page out and posting it somewhere.   

[sss3d]

oh btw,
This topic is still open for discussion.  Anyone with any advice is free to post here still. 

And how are people in real life?

When you are absorbed in piano.. 
How are people's personality in real life?

I have this nice sort of personality, but I'm also a very good leader.. 

[zheer]

oh btw,


And how are people in real life?

 
How are people's personality in real life?
 

   I have been described as anti social, well am 25 now, when i was very young i would do all the normal things play football, hang out, go to cinema and go clubing ect ect. But am board of that now, i rather spend my time reading, practicing the piano, and if you are looking to play the piano well, you are going to have to spend a lot of time on your own . some people dont understand, these people i find boring.

[gruffalo]

I am a bit of a mixed character. some of my friends are non-musical and some are composers of electronic music, one of which is currently getting  a record deal with "Warp Records", a big electronic music company. Aswell as listening to classical music, i listen to a lot of drum n bass music and Basement Jaxx (my favourite group). I go to a lot of raves so i can release my self from boredom of school.

Anyhow i think this piece of advice i am about to give is essential. Even if you think you can, i wouldnt jump into 3 hours of practice (even with breaks). i would start with an hour a day or maybe a half hour a day (depending on how much you are forcing youself), at the end of your practice, reward yourself by having a break from the scales etc, and doing some improvisation or something you really like. then after a few weeks extend your practice time. and within a few months you should become good at practicing.

[rc]

I also play games, and get addicted to them because of player interaction and the human element.  I talk and talk, and because of that, I thought my real life social skills are getting better (I'm really well known at my school, and really good at socializing), but instead, it wasn't improving at all.
When I got off playing communication based games, I tried to apply the stuff to real life, but I realized that there was more to than just talking...  there was also tone of voice, body language, etc.

I started trying to read a hell a lot on body languages so I could read people's expression, cause in the internet world we just use a or a or something... but in real life it was a lot more difficult to read people's emotion.

hahah, same reason so many people become addicted to the forum .

Yeah, the net doesn't have the face-to-face element, though people can get pretty creative in communication with just words and can often come close, especially when someone is willing to read between the lines. But, 'net just doesn't compare to RL, the same way hearing a singer or pianist acoustically live will always be better than through a speaker.

Online games are probably a good place to learn leadership skills, come to think of it. Since so much of it is teamwork, in order to be effecient there's always a leader. What I used to hate was when 3 people were all hellbent on being leader all at once, it just doesn't work!

It's good to know about body language and voice tone, but that sort of thing just doesn't translate so well into words, ya gotta see and experience. I found just knowing these things were out there was enough, and it was fairly natural to interpret.

There would be days where I don't play piano much, but mainly rest, and when I get back to it, I seem to get better.
Or some days, I just don't understand things by teacher is teaching me, but when I sleep and wake up, I seem to recall and process what he told me magically.

Nothing too wrong with breaks, they can help you digest what you learn and come back the next day with a fresh perspective. But practicing daily is the best way to get better, ya gotta find a balance between getting a lot done and not getting burned out.

It's important to have open communication with your teacher, to be able to say when you don't understand something, or you don't like/are getting sick of the current piece. It's a feedback loop, the more open you are with your teacher the better your teacher will be able to help you realize your goals... Which is another point, to have some clear goals. Goals will always change along the way, but it's good to know where you're going instead of being like a ship with no destination.

And I hope that I can be inspired a couple more times.  I love that feeling of being inspired, and how my mind "agrees" to do things.

My mind can never agree to do things sometimes.  Some days, I just feel down and I don't feel like doing anything productive.  I hate that.

I think that at some point everyone has to learn to deal with these moods, learn how to motivate yourself. I take a problem-solving approach with these sorts of things: "I don't feel like doing anything, and that's a problem, how can I fix it?". If you put your mind to it, you can discover all kinds of creative ideas, eventually you just become very good at getting these things done.

It's probably a personal sort of thing. When I'm in that low mood, sometimes I just need to get myself moving and doing things, and the inertia just carries itself. So I'll either get doing certain chores and things that need to get done, or just get myself to the piano and before I know it I'm completely into the music... Or, as I said earlier, I'll daydream about what I'd like to accomplish. Listening to music I like is very inspiring, discovering new music I like is even more inspiring, at work I have my radio tuned to public stations all day so I'm always hearing something new that I like.

[llamaman]

I'm 12, and have been playing for about 2 years now. I always thought that an hour was a long time, but I get double that time easily now. What helped me was to start off small. For example, start with a goal of 30 minutes a day, for one week. If you reach that goal, increase it by 5 minutes each week etc., until you are comfortable with the amount of time you are practicing.

[zheer]

I'm 12, and have been playing for about 2 years now. I always thought that an hour was a long time, but I get double that time easily now.

 
   Yes you are very young, when you get older 3 hours seem like three seconds.

[pianorama]

Wow, wordy posts here....     (sorry, I know this has nothimg to do with the thread)

[sss3d]

Thanks everyone!  I'll try to start slow.

And yea, gaming.  lol. 
It's great for leadership skills..  But not all games are like that.

[gorbee natcase]

If you don't practice michael Jackson will get you

[sss3d]

My improvements. 

I've been motivated and inspired by piano forums


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Listen to Fantasi 1, 2, then 3.

The rest is not that good. 

[elevateme]

If you don't practice michael Jackson will get you

LOL i love that quote

anyway to get motivated just set yourself realistic targets and acheive them.
good way to get started is to get a harry potter book or something, thats what im doing with my students

[instromp]

My improvements. 

I've been motivated and inspired by piano forums


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Listen to Fantasi 1, 2, then 3.

The rest is not that good. 

I looked at ur vid, thats great that you want to learn that piece . but you shouldnt play it that tempo just yet.Your progress is great though, no doubt on that, but the opening octave is G-sharp and u play a G natural  and there a missed notes here and there.My advice i can offer is to think of the notes as individual  sounds (which they are) and when placed all together they make a unique sound pattern with a glistful flow.Focus on the notes and not the speed just yet .Hope that helps.Great attempt at playing it , i would love to hear it when its done


Instromp

[gyzzzmo]

Hi,
I played runescape alot, but then i managed to put myself to some time limits, couple of hours school, couple of hours runescape and couple of hours piano practising.

[pianoperfmajor]

you should look into something called ritalin and adderall.  man those things did wonders for me growing up.  my parents had to TEAR me away from the piano when they wanted to go to sleep in the wee hours of the night!  you should try it.

[lol_nl]

Glad to see here are quite some people of my age .

I'm 13 as well, and of course, also sometimes having trouble with this.

I do totally nothing against it, I won't know what to, and that can solve the problem for me sometimes. When I don't want to practise, I don't and wait until I want. Of course, by this I can't practise a lot, usually up to a max. of 3 hours on a school day, but for me it helps. Watching movies helps as well (movies of pianist who are playing of course ).

I noticed weather has also an influence. When it's hot I'm lazy, and when it's cold I can't practise properly because my fingers are too cold and just don't want to warm up.

I've been addicted to so many computer games as well... but that's more or less under control now. Sometimes I still have a week in which I only want to play games, but after a while I give it up. I have the feeling that I can control myself to stop playing.

I realize things are difficult at my age, but I don't give up and just do what I want. I hope to have a succesful future, especially on the piano part.