Playing the guitar is a skill worth a million words, but I have found a love-hate relationship with my passion.

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I have been putting off guitar for months due to school, making time for friends, not to mention pure laziness. So when my class started a project where we had to do or learn a certain thing within a week, I decided to take the opportunity to get some of my skill back, but I didnB次元官网网址檛 quite think it through.

The first three days were nothing but reading tabs and trying to retrain my fingers to make up certain chords. Repeating these steps, day after day, started to feel like a chore. For the rest of the week, I was basically running through the song again and again, until my hands begged me to stop, but my only focus was, B次元官网网址測ou have to do this for school, you have to get a good grade.B次元官网网址� This very quickly became an annoyance.

I like learning for my own benefit and enjoyment, without a deadline. So when I chose guitar for this project, it was only because I already knew what I was doing and thought I wouldnB次元官网网址檛 get bored. That was until I realized I had no choice but to learn a new song. I didnB次元官网网址檛 get a say, because I only cared about the potential grade, rather than the music itself.

Beethoven once said, B次元官网网址渢o play the wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.B次元官网网址�

I lost my passion to practice, only because I was being forced to practice. Some people work better when a deadline is set, it motivates and pushes them to do their absolute best. But that isnB次元官网网址檛 me, IB次元官网网址檓 a self-motivated person and rely on no one but myself to succeed.

I still love music; itB次元官网网址檚 a way I can escape whatever life is throwing at me. Bob Marley, described as a B次元官网网址渟oul rebel,B次元官网网址� once said that B次元官网网址渙ne good thing about music is when it hits you, you feel no pain.B次元官网网址�

You canB次元官网网址檛 make something beautiful with force; let your passion and determination carry you to success.

Caitlyn Bissett is a student in Lauren FrodshamB次元官网网址檚 AVID 11 class at Belmont secondary.