In hindsight, I was all worked up over nothing.  But at the time, I was so stressed I didn’t know what to do with myself.  So I ate too much.  Then I didn’t eat enough.  I slept too much.  Then I didn’t sleep enough.  I practiced like crazy.  Then I quit practicing and diverted my attention to something else.  No matter what I did, it didn’t work. 

I was all out of whack because my senior college trumpet recital was coming up.  I wanted it to be great and was worried that I couldn’t make it happen.  So…