For Orchestra

New Year’s Resolutions are always welcomed. We strive to be better people, do more things, stop holding off on dreams, etc.

Back in 2007 I had a New Year’s Resolution that was “Do 52 new things for an entire year”. Basically, every week I tried something new. Week 1: Hiking, Week 2: Biking, Week 3: Kayaking (etc. etc.)

After some time into my resolution, I went Salsa dancing one week, and had one of the best times I’ve ever had. I brought a good friend of mine, and she was new to it too – and we wound up going salsa dancing nearly every week. Over time, I was amazed to meet the thousands of people within the Philadelphia scene. Tons of amazing people, attended all the Spanish parties, outdoor festivals, learned Spanish, traveled, and more. It was an exciting year – and it turned out being so much fun that I never had time to finish my New Year’s resolution.

The thing is that I wouldn’t have had that experience had I not been open to trying new things. After that year, I became more confident, more open, adventurous, and social because of it. People live their life too predictable and too much in the ‘comfort zone’. But everything is like that – in fact, the only way I learned about my passion for the orchestra is simply because I tried lots of careers in my life before I discovered it. It was one of those things that after I wrote my first piece and heard it performed, I never wanted to go back.

So try new things, take chances, write tons of music, fail, get up again, and stay interested in the interesting. Variety is the spice of life, and the only way you’ll find it is if you break form the comfort zone.

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