Playmaker

Playmakers, we all know them. They're those people that the lethargy in us can't stand. They see what they want, put it in vision, then go get it. No, not players, playmakers. Something is awake in them that drives them to take ownership of their actions and control the direction their life (or game) is going. When we see them in action so many of us feel defeated and tell ourselves that we will never amount to anything like that, but instead, we will be those who spend the entirety of our lives sitting in their wake taking their directions. But there is a stark reality that we need to wake up to. Every single one of us has the necessary skills to become a playmaker, we just need to get of our bums and take charge!

So how can we become playmakers? I'll start simple: I'll start with me, and with some goals that I listed in my blog not too long ago. I listed a goal that I would spend at least three hours a day practicing my instrument. At first I thought these had to be three consecutive hours so I wrecked myself trying to find time for three straight hours of practice, but this is where I became a playmaker. I realized how unreasonable that goal was so I slightly edited it. Instead of striving for some unrealistic three hour chunk of free time I have now started just filling in my free time, with practice time. The shocking thing? Before dinner I would regularly amass over three and a half hours of practice. I sat down one morning and wrote out my schedule, I quickly realized how much extra time I had. It was shocking!

So here's some sad news. In devoting the majority of my free time to my musical studies I have began to neglect my academic studies. I haven't managed my time well enough to handle my studies in the way that I needed to. In light of this, I am going to really sit down and plan my days better, because there's a fine line between having enough time to practice and having enough time to do my studies, the challenge of all music majors is to walk on this line. But hey, that's the importance of becoming a play maker. I have to take ownership of my actions and control the direction of my life, because if I'm not, who knows where I could end up?