Personal Growth

Well I am a very busy guy. During the week I have...

Leave home 8:15
School 8:50-3:30
Tennis 4:00-6:00
Rehearsal 6:30-9:30
Get home 10:00

I am busy for two reasons.

1- I really enjoy doing things... So I do everything.
I knew a couple months ago that this was going to be a very busy time in my life and yet I still committed to after school chior, the musical, tennis, and the WISE project because I knew I would regret not doing these things.

2- I don't like disappointing people... So I try to do everything really well.
I know it is not possible for anyone to do everything perfect but I am hitting a point where my commitments are overlapping and I don't have enough brain power to keep track of everything and do my best work in every area of my life.

I am learning that there is a balance I need to find. I can't do everything perfectly. The more things I commit to the more I have to compromise in other areas. For example I played tennis two weeks ago to prepare for the tennis season. I compromised studying for an economics test. I ended up getting a 73% on that econ. test which is below my standards.

Also, last Friday I forgot about my first mentor meeting. I forgot about the meeting because I had too much on my mind. I compromised my brain power in order to do homework that day. I was very embarrassed when I realized I missed the meeting and emailed my mentor right away.

In terms of this project I really want to make it awesome, because I don't want to disappoint all the people involved in it. But I'm afraid I have to cut down in some areas to make it more manageable. One thing that I am going to do less of is my notes on "Video Nation". I was planning on having in depth notes on each chapter, but I am going to just read the book and not upload in depth notes. Another thing I might have to cut down on is the length of my posts.

How about every Tuesday is Personal Growth Day. Where I talk about time management, commitments, failures and stuff like that... I think that is a good idea.