Text Box: Dorm Living News Text Box: Steady Effort Text Box: Sometimes the way to move ahead faster is to slow down. Sometimes the way to get more done is to stop trying so hard. When you're relentlessly pushing yourself, then the pushing becomes your focus and you can lose sight of your true objective. When you're constantly busy being constantly busy, it can be easy to forget what you seek to accomplish. Hurrying through a task can burn you out and create mistakes that you'll have to spend more time fixing. Keep in mind that sprinting is not a workable strategy for winning a marathon. Text Box: Slowing down to a sustainable pace can actually make the results come faster. Remember that your goal is not simply to be busy, but to accomplish something of value with your efforts. Take a deep breath, calm your mind, and focus your thoughts on where you're going. There is much power in moving thoughtfully and deliberately. Time and steady persistence will achieve much more than frantic, hurried turmoil. Go fast enough to get it done, yet slow enough to get it right. -- Ralph Marston Text Box: Put yourself into this scenario: You’ve decided to try out for a sport. It seems interesting, your friends are playing, and, from what you can tell, the coach is pretty cool. You have gotten your physical, purchased some start-up equipment, and made it to the first three practices. It went alright, but you are feeling sore, tired, and wondering what the heck you are doing with this sport. It is looking like more of a challenge than you bargained for. You find yourself wondering aloud during practice, who’s idea was this? At some point we have all involved ourselves in a sport, club, music lesson, or other activity and have Text Box: second guessed our commitment. The true challenge lies in sticking it out and seeing the challenge through to the end, whether that be the end of a season, trimester, or year. Don’t you owe it to yourself and the others in that activity? What if you were the main character in the scenario and you gave up after three practices, only to miss out on the opportunity of a lifetime? Beyond the sore muscles may be a great new friend, a wonderful season of camaraderie, the chance at a state championship, or the key to being in the best shape you’ve even been. “Commitments,” Continued on P. 2...

Stand By Your Commitments