Assignment 24- Kristin

This year has been an extremely busy year for me. I’ve pretty much done all the same activities this War as I have any year, but the combination of four AP classes, learning to drive, and suddenly gaining many adult-like responsibilities has taken up most of my schedule. I’ve learned a lot about how to handle a lot of things going on at once, and I’ve learned for the future how to plan my time the best I can (because I haven’t planned my time this year as well as I’ve liked and I now know what not to do).
I feel like my biggest success was in music. I think I’ve progressed a ton this year as a musician. I’ve played harder music than I’ve ever played before, performed in a full symphony orchestra for the first time, learned more about composers and music history, and become closer to a lot of talented musicians. I think all of these things have combined to improve my abilities, and I can’t wait to see if next year will be as good.
I think my biggest failure was in time management. I haven’t beeen quite as on top of all my work as I’ve been in years past, and I’d like to figure out that skill this summer before senior year brings a ton of new challenges.
I plan on not spending this summer doing nothing (as I’ve done every other year). I’m going to try to practice my instruments every day (a risky venture), finally finish a story, read a ton, and (hopefully) earn some money. I want to plan out my days rather than just waking up and seeing what happens, and I’m definitly going to use my new bullet journaling techniques to help me. I want to complete a big goal, and I’m hoping that the summer will give me plenty of time and opportunities to do that.
For senior year, I hope that I will participate in as many things as I did this year and still feel less busy. Yes, this seems rather contradictory and impossible, but I don’t want to give anything up from this year, and I don’t want to feel as stressed as I did this year. I’m hoping that I’ll do homework instead of scrolling through Instagram for hours.
Although the future and growing up scares me, I’m excited to watch what happens.