No one is perfect. But a lot of people feel like they need to be. 

It’s when you study all night for a test and feel confident you will get the grade you want. And you don’t. 

It’s when you train for hours with your team and still lose. 

It’s when you spend hours in the gym, hours in front of the mirror, and you still don’t feel the way you want too. 

“I have to meet high expectations of what people think of me here at Derby or even when I think of myself,” junior Olivia Prue said. 

Prue, a singer and performer of 10 years, holds herself to perfection.

“To deal with this pressure of perfectionism during solo performances, I tend to remind myself why I do it in the first place: not to be perfect but because there is no other feeling than what I get when I’m up there on that stage.”

She remembers that her 7-year-old self would be proud and acknowledge how many of her goals she has achieved. 

It is a struggle to have motivation for both your school work and all the extracurriculars. 

Freshman Michael Elliott believes that even the smallest bit of motivation will lead to positive discipline. 

Elliott found a sport, golf, that motivates him to do better in school, and keeps him focused on more than just school, creating a well balanced state of mind.