What If Your Story Isn’t Over Yet? The Unexpected Path Out of Anxiety You Haven’t Tried

# Finding Your Happy Ending: A Journey Through Music and Healing

## Embracing the Struggles of Life

Lately, I’ve been quietly observing those around me. Many are struggling with what they see and experience in life. I know that sounds vague, but it’s true. Often, we cling to the belief that life should be unfolding differently. This mindset can block any chance of real relief from entering our lives.

On one hand, we have this fairy-tale ending ingrained in our minds. We think if we can set the stage perfectly and get others to act as we expect, then we’ll finally be content. On the other hand, we’re holding on by a thread, teetering on the edge of a complete crash.

The Weight of Expectations

Getting dealt a bad hand might be the reason for your anger, but I bet there’s more to the story. Who determines what your cards mean, anyway? So, which is it? Which ending will prevail? Which reality—what I see or what I think I see—is creating this unhappiness?

Many of us walk through life like we’re lost in a forest. We think we’re making progress, only to find ourselves face-to-face with the same tree we marked yesterday. Anxiety will do that to you. It’s sneaky. It convinces you that no matter what you try, you’re stuck. But here’s the truth: you’re not stuck. You’re just in the middle of your story.

And yes, before you roll your eyes, you can move forward. Things can get better. Your life can shift in ways you never saw coming. But you must pick up the tools that help you climb out of the loop. For me, that tool was music—guitar and songwriting. Not because it magically solved everything, but because it gave me a place to put the weight I was carrying.

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The Power of Writing

Please don’t mistake me for bragging. That’s a fear of mine that keeps me from sharing the hope I want to offer you. One morning, deep in meditation, I realized that life could indeed have a happy ending. An inner voice surfaced, saying, “Every story has a happy ending—if you think otherwise, then your story hasn’t ended yet.”

Let that settle in for a moment. Is your story over? How can it be? Says who?

When I hit that point of “enough is enough,” I started writing. Not to sound poetic or impress anyone, but to get the truth out of my head and onto paper. Sometimes I wrote twice a day. Sometimes I wrote things I didn’t want to admit. But that’s where real change begins—in the stuff you’d rather avoid.

If you’re stuck in anxiety, write yourself a letter. No filter. No holding back. Lay out the reasons you can’t keep living the way you have been. That letter becomes a lifeline on the days when your old habits come calling.

Breaking the Cycle

Then—this part is hard—you’ve got to change something. Anything. Your routine, your morning, your patterns. Anxiety thrives in sameness. When you shake up the rhythm of your day, even a little, you give yourself a fighting chance.

Yes, many of us hide. We hide who we are and what we feel. We hide behind some “acceptable” version of ourselves because life didn’t deal us a fair hand. Somewhere along the line, we decided that meant our real selves weren’t allowed to exist.

But here’s the truth: the hiding is what’s suffocating you.

That’s why music matters. It allows you to express what your mouth refuses to say. It lets you bleed without breaking. It releases the truth in a way that doesn’t destroy you—it frees you.

Finding Stillness

Before I ever hit record or wrote a chorus, I learned how to sit still. Just breathe. Just be. Yes, it feels ridiculous at first. Anxiety will try to convince you that stillness is dangerous. But those few quiet seconds? That’s where you actually hear yourself. That’s where the real stuff comes up.

Once it does, you write. Whatever comes out. Whatever hurts. Whatever scares you. It doesn’t need to rhyme or make sense. One of my songs started with the line, “I didn’t know where we wanted to go, just had enough of here.” That was it. That spark became a song that helped me heal a part of my life I’d been avoiding for years.

The Healing Process

After you write, you play. You pick up the guitar—shaky hands, messy chords, whatever. You hit an A, then step down to a G. You let something move through you instead of trapping it inside. Because that’s what anxiety is: trapped energy, begging for a way out.

And you don’t do this once. You don’t “fix it.” You repeat it. Day after day. Breath after breath. Note after note. That’s how healing works—quietly, slowly, repeatedly.

If you keep living the way you always have, you will stay exactly where you are. But if you choose—even once—to put your truth into words and your emotions into music, you’ll notice the shift. Small at first, but real.

Your Story Isn’t Finished

You are not meant to feel pinned down by anxiety. You’re meant to feel alive. So breathe. Write. Play. Move forward one honest moment at a time.

This is your story. And it’s not finished.

~Jake Paul

jakepaulmusic.com

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