“Focus on where you want to go not on what you fear. “

        Since I’ve started reading The Creative Habit a lot of topics Tharp mentions have really struck my interest. Thinking about these topics and relating them to my life I have found out a lot about who I am as a person, the goals I set for myself, and my fears. I have noticed I have similar techniques as Tharp does, in certain aspects such as overcoming my fears. In school, I can relate to Tharp’s fear that my idea will never be as good as it is in my head. Sometimes I have trouble projecting on paper exactly how I imagine it to be in my head.

            Looking at my life as a whole, I don’t consider my fears with schoolwork to be that important. Yes, school has a major impact on my life right now but it wont forever. My main goal in life is happiness therefore; my biggest fear is to be unhappy with myself. In retrospect, the past 17 years of my life I have been pretty fortunate and I can’t complain. It makes me nervous to think that right now I am paving the way to the rest of my years to come. So right now, in this chapter of my life, I am in the process of picking the right major for me. One, that will make me want to get up everyday and go to work. One, that will make me happy.

            I also share Twlya Tharp’s fear of letting down someone she loves. I am very family orientated person so for me, I am grateful that I have a family that supports every decision I make. Whether it be in school, sports, attitude, personality it my goal to make my family proud of me. And most importantly, being proud of myself and who I am.