“Playing music helps me relax. I’ve been trying to improve my sound and general musical ability by playing for 20-30 minutes a day. Music is more complex than a lot of my other hobbies. I feel like to some extent it has made me more determined to keep at my other hobbies as well as it has made me understand that failure isn’t bad, but normal. You have to take criticism in to make your playing better and I try to reflect that in life.” – junior Lane Chodacki