The Power of Music (And Jurassic Park)

It started out like a regular Tuesday. I got to sleep in since I don't have class till noon, which is always great! Classes were good, we paid our bills, and I came home to do homework.

But what happened next was momentous!! Terrible, but then momentous!!

I was doing homework, of course. Operations management. We are talking about quality control and errors and all that wonderful stuff! And the homework isn't hard most of the time, but I happened to miss the lecture that the professor explained the material at... curse sicknesses causing lack of sleep. So, basically I was in the dark with this homework. Luckily, there are only three problems. Plus, I started listening to a Spotify playlist of the 100 best movie soundtracks of all time, which added to it all. I started off slowly, but after texting a friend, I got it figured out. Boom. 1/3 of the way done. I attempted number two, but was totally in the dark. Skip. Onto question three. And that one was easy. Hooray! I feel so smart. Hahaha. And here goes figuring out the last problem!

All I knew was the final answer. The teacher was nice enough to provide that, so I wasn't completely blind. But I still had a hard time. I tried different methods to no avail... It was now an hour later...seriously??!! UGH! But I was determined. Suddenly, one of the best movie songs of all time comes on: the Jurassic Park theme song. Man...that song packs emotion like sardines in a can. (Seriously, go listen to it right now). Before the song came on, I was ready to give up, but that song gave me one more ounce of hope to keep trying. I tested my last attempt out as the song progressed, and then it happened... I realized I was on the right track and as the song's volume increased, so did the speed of my writing. Furiously writing, I got more and more hopeful that the right answer was right at my fingertips. Suddenly, as I realized that I had figured out this homework problem that was probably not that difficult, but seemed hard to me, I got the answer!! YES!! I did it!! And at that exact instance, the climax of the song burst into my ears, creating a mixture of happiness and accomplishment similar to that of hearing the national anthem at the Olympics. I raised my arms in triumph, and felt like a rockstar. Now that is a way to end a Tuesday.

Now, I understand describing the story doesn't do any kind of justice to what actually happened...but the feeling I got when I figured out that problem and heard that song erupt into my mind, that was a victory. And celebrating small victories is the key to happiness. So that was my small victory. And to you, it may seem small, but to me, it's just one of those reminders in a sea of stress, meetings, events, and decisions, that there is, in fact, infinity beyond this.