Hey Bandies!
I've never been big on new year's resolutions. You beg, borrow, and cheat them until they're almost meaningless anyway, so what's the point? Sure, when you're young, they're an assignment for class, but beyond the third grade, does anyone actually keep them?
And for the people who make them, STOP STRESSING YOURSELF OUT! If you resolve to eat less, work out more, get straight A's, become president of a club, make honor roll, be a team captain, get more sleep, be neater, act your age, be nicer to your siblings, get a job...aren't you just making this hard on yourself? So many of my friends already flip out about college. Some have been doing this since middle school practically. As a collective, my generation needs to take a chill pill.
That being said, this year, I'm taking the guess work out of New Year's resolutions. I'm throwing out all the guilt and postponing, failure and defeat. I'm eliminating breaking promises to myself and others. I'm not going to claim to be something I'm not. I'm covering all my bases. I'm devoting trillions of lucky charms to all the superficial things I want to gain out of life and school and band this year. This year (and since I'm getting a headstart, that means from today on), I intend to smile more. Not because someone tells me to. Not because I feel like I should. I want to smile more because I mean it more. I want to be my best, sure. Do I want to make good grades? Of course! But if and when I score well on my audition next spring, or accomplish something great, I want to be standing there smiling my face off.
Because it doesn't really matter how much you do or how much you say. It matters what you do and how you say it. And how you feel about it.
So, 2010, bring it on. May the year be full of happiness, prosperity, and band.
-The Band Geek
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That sounds like a good idea! =)
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