Ms. Johnson- Into the Unknown (you can sing this, it’s okay!)

Today was the day that all students dread… new seats in class. Cue the theatrics.

Each class got new spots. Seeing the room from a whole new perspective. Sitting near people that were not their choice, but mine.

After school, I taught a flute student who I’ve been teaching since she was in third grade. Now a junior in high school, she is frozen in fear of looking into what colleges she may be interested in. What will she study? Where does she want to go? Far from home? Stay close to home? Does she want to study performance or audio design? There are so many questions and she doesn’t have the answer.

I then came home to do my online orientation for a graduate program I am starting on January 16. Going back to school is scary and how will I be able to manage school work with school work?? 

Stepping into the unknown and new situations can be scary, daunting, or overwhelming. There are so many questions that you won’t know the answers to until you take that first step and confidently move forward, even if you have to fake that confidence until you actually do feel that way. Even something seemingly small can be a change that makes things feel uncomfortable. But, the opportunity to be brave and move forward is the only way to get comfortable being uncomfortable stepping into something new. Or… Into the Unknown!