Wise, Creative, Organized

          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 ...

         ***Disclaimer: this blog post contains discussion on religion and the psyche of how our brain believes it. This is not me saying religion is psychological. I am a Christian and fully believe in Jesus Christ, my post just explains how we are able to process the belief of something like religion. This belief system could also fit with fairytales, horoscopes, and other things of the supernatural world. I am also not a licensed psychologist, just a student of psychology who likes to research topics of question. ***  We believe in things such as religion, fairytales, horoscopes, fortunes, and many other things on a daily basis. I do it, you do it, we all do it. But why? From the very beginning of my interest in psychology when I was in junior high, I remember one specific question that always arose when I though of the psyche of the brain "Why do we believe what we believe?".         ...