The sad sad story of a boy who dreamed a little too much.

An average, slightly creative teenager once said “This sounds like a great idea. I’m doing that next.” Powerful right? Well duh, that’s the reason I picked it to start off this post. But as mystifying as it seems, turns out when someone says that a few too many times in a short number of weeks, it tends to go from powerful to pitiful.

The past 9 weeks have been full of excitement, shock and awe, disappointment, frustration, no sleep, lots of sleep, and the full list of just about every teenage imbalanced emotion out there. Whether it was from me or someone else, I've seen practically everything and that's no exception in Innovations. I will be honest and say that when I began writing this, I planned on just summarizing what has failed and what I learned in the past few weeks but I've had a change of heart. While it has been full of ups and downs, I actually regret none of the insane ideas and dreams i tried and miserably failed to pursue. From starting a non-profit, YouTube channel, men’s accessory line, Apple Watch wristband line, another YouTube channel, and finally a blender bike, I have learned what my true weaknesses are over the past weeks and I am eternally grateful for just that. I learned that, no surprise, I am the most ADHD “Look its shiny!” person you may ever meet but it is one of my strongest characteristics. The last few days I've been contemplating on whether or not Innovations is the class for me or not for that reason alone. Don’t get me wrong, I have the desire and the creativity and dreams to sprout some cool ideas, but do i have the discipline and audacity to carry it out?

After mulling this over for a frustratingly long time, I began to truly understand what Mr. Wettrick has been saying to us all along. One of his favorite things to repeat way too many times before each and every class in his Shrek colored pants is, “Fail early and fail often.” It has an obvious meaning, realize its not going to work, and cut it. The thing about that phrase however, is that it doesn't have the same power until you actually do it. I failed a lot the past weeks and have come up with too many dreams to ever be able to accomplish them. The positive note to all of this is that I've also learned that I am way to stubborn to ever give up looking for the path that I am meant to walk. I am too stubborn to say no when everyone else has, and too stubborn to settle for mediocre. To my Innovations class, remember to always be stubborn when you know it is right, and to everyone else reading this, enjoy your failures for the lessons learned. Deuces.

-Dylan