Hard work pays off....

This past week/weekend really showed me how "HARD WORK PAYS OFF". There were a couple different things that factored into everything not to mention I was not getting a lot to sleep last week due to so much going on, me thinking and worrying about things, etc.

1. I got the opportunity to help open MGN(My Generation Night) For those of you who don't know what this is, it is basically a big concert where people from Geneva take the stage and perform songs and do skits from our generation. This was on a Friday

2. Had a final in HR on Friday

3. Had a 15 min presentation to present to the class with my marketing group.

Well, by time Wednesday hit of last week I started to get worried about lot of things. MGN and me memorizing all the words to "Flashing Lights" by Kanye West, I absolutely had to get a good grade on my HR final, and lastly what role am I going to play in my 15 minute presentation with my group. While all of this is going on I kept in my "No stress, love, live life, proceed, progress". Well, Thursday hit and I was so nervous about all three things above. I had not a lot of time to study for my HR final, I had rehearsal for MGN tonight at the same time my Marketing group was meeting to practice presenting our marketing plan so I came late to that and did not get to practice for that. It was all to much and I did not know how I was going to handle it. Before I go any further let me tell you about my rehearsal. I get there and they tell me they want me to do the first verse. I was excited, but at the same time really nervous because previously "student activities" had to me I was only going to do the second verse so that put a lot more pressure on me. So, during rehearsals Im on stage and basically just kind of had the mic in my hand the whole time and rapped a few lines because I did not know any of the words. That is basically how that ended. So, I said the "BIG SHOW" is tomorrow and I don't know the words what am I going to do and by this time It was 10:30 pm and I still needed to study for my HR final and meet w/ my group. I met w/ my group and did not get to practice because I was so late. So, after everyone left I memorized the whole song. It didn't take me but 20 mins. It was only song I really listened to up till the big show. After that I went to my room and wrote out on note cards what I was going to say for the 15 mins presentation and also went over and practiced it that night, but still did not study for my final. I woke up early to study for it before class. I'm not sure how I did, but I think I did fairly well. The presentations we ended up getting a 94% on it aka an "A" I was extremely happy and lastly, MGN and my performance was an success. Said by many students at Geneva I was the best performance of the night.

So, I want to encourage you all to have no worries through tough times. Hard work pays off. In my situation I had 3 big things in one day and did fairly well in every situation. Strive for the best and NEVER GIVE UP! After the success comes smiles from all the hard work!