Plastics- Andrew Collins

"If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing." -Benjamin Franklin

This quote gave me a very different perspective on what my goals are. Of course, I'm not shallow enough to solely seek to approval of others, but this quote is still very important. If I'm not helping others or otherwise changing them, I might need to stop and reconsider my actions. English certainly isn't my forte, so I probably won't write anything worth reading. And doing something worth writing is actually surprisingly simple. It can be as easy as having your name on the top of a successful transcript, or being in a list of successful auditionees. So really, following this advice is actually pretty spread out across every part of my life. Continuing this example, doing this blog post contributes to having my name written at the top of a transcript with a good English grade. And practicing my instrument brings me closer to having my name in a list of members of an honor band. In short, this advice helps me to consider the results of my actions more carefully.