What is it that people are looking for? Why do people continue to wake up and live out the day: going to school or traveling to work? What makes us push forward and just keep on keeping on?

I have yet to answer the question myself, but I have some speculations.I wake up and I think to myself… what will happen today. I wonder what the day has in store for me, what I can look forward to. Without knowing that something interresting will happen, I almost don’t feel like going to school. Other than the small differences every day has in store, school has become a repetitive and boring place to be. Yeah, I get to see my friends and I get to hang out and talk for some time of the day, but it’s just the same thing over and over. Health class, then math class, then physics class, then French class and then Orchestra, Band, Camerata, or Wind Ensemble. Finally, the day is over.

Now I am in a musical (playing the violin for the pit) and we reherse three days a week: Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Every one of those three days a week is the best day. Sure, I get up and go to classes and then to a music group, but come 7:00, I go to rehersal and see lots of different people. I like some better than others. That is why I can get through those days without any problem.Long story short, although sometimes hard, I get up every day and do the same thing just to see those minor differences like…. will she say ‘Hi’ to me, will my health teacher be absent, will I get to miss a class for a certain reason, will orchestra be cancelled, etc… Yeah, sounds random and pointless, but it helps me through those monotonous classes and lectures and learning.

Some people do the same thing every day without even thinking about what they are doing and why, but I can’t live that way. I guess you could call it pessimistic to need something to look forward to, but that’s just the way I am.Another reason I feel that people keep going is that they feel they have a sort of “unfinished business” to complete. Maybe a boy and his friends didn’t get along so well Monday. Tuesday is just a chance to make it up, and if Tuesday is no better, then Wednesday may work. I know that one factor of my willingness to go to school everday is because I get to see a certain person, and although we may not speak as much as I would like, I see every day as an opportunity to become better friends. If I were to skip school, I would think, I wonder what our interactions could have been like that day, and I would feel like I may have missed something.

If you haven’t picked up on anything after reading this, then, well I don’t really know what to do other than state the message outright:Just keep on going even if it seems pointless; you’ll never know what you may if missed if you stop.