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Preparing for Drum Corps- Colorguard Edition

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          With the past and upcoming tryouts for the 2019 drum corps season in motion, I thought this post would be a great one that most of my friends could relate to. Preparing pre tour for drum corps is essential for a better experience with your corps, in my opinion, not everyone thinks so, but I bet you will after this post.                     When I say preparing I mean very specific things, not just raising money or gathering items for tour, or even the infamous packing for tour. What I mean is preparing your body, preparing your skills and most importantly preparing your mind. One of the top reasons members leave within the first few weeks of tour, besides injuries, is mental stability. And that is totally okay, never feel like if that has happened to you that it was the wrong decision because you need to take care of your body and ...

Becoming More Positive

Becoming More Positive This post is sort of an add on series to my last post "Personal Growth". If you have not read that one, I suggest reading that one first. Becoming more positive about life, especially when it doesn't seem to be in your favor is part of personally growing. When you have finally mastered being able to be positive about every aspect in your life, then that's growth on growth on growth in itself. We all know I am a psychology freak, so I am assuming some were soon enough expecting another psychology post, well here it is. Today I am citing on the words of psychologist Shawn Anchor who did a ted talk on "The Happy Secrete to Better Work". In this video he talks mainly of how to retrain your brain to think happy and be happy. He states that 90% of our happiness is how our brain processes things. So basically, lets say I gave someone, a lucky penny, it has a little dirt and grime on it because its an old penny, but in my mind its st...