(Perfect) Practice Makes Perfect!

Have you ever tried learning how to do something that looked “cool” but when you tried it turned out to be a lot more difficult than you had thought?

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I have people in my show choir with strong voices and nice vibratos that I grew envious of due to their ability. I only recently last year began indulge in performing and singing, therefore I’m very behind in comparison to their years of experience. The sad part was, I didn’t think about how many years they’ve been singing and performing while being jealous. I later attempted to take the matters into my own hand and tried to improve my abilities. I did improve somewhat, but not to the extent where I am a choir king. From the next choir comps to the next, it finally hit me while watching a triple A advanced choir from a 30+ year old program. These people who are great singers have been from a hardworking program that already knows how to have a great performance with due to their experience.

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With everything we do, there will be someone better and someone who isn’t as good as we are at that particular task. There are thin people who envy the muscular people, thin people who hate themselves but larger built people envy them, students with 4.0’s who envy those with 4.8’s, etc. We as people need to realize that success doesn’t come overnight, rather overtime. No one can get buff in a day otherwise everyone would be muscular, a runner just doesn’t wake up one day and decide to run a marathon. Training well, training hard, and training a lot over a span of time is what helps us become successful.

The next time you ever feel like you suck at doing something, sad about a test score, or overall just feel bad about your success think about these questions:

- How long have I prepared for this?

- When will an opportunity to try again come again?

- Will this define who I am as a person?

If after you ask yourself these questions you still feel down, know that we’ve all been bad at something we're good at. Every ballet dancer has messed up once during a performance, every singer’s voice has cracked once while singing, and every runner has had a bad race. The difference between someone successful and someone that isn’t so great is how they learn from their past to better their future.