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walking across the stage...
Tomorrow is my high school graduation ceremony. The thing is, I'm very uncomfortable and nervous in front of a big group of people. We practiced walking across the stage today, and I was so incredibly nervous and fidgety with all the other seniors watching me. I don't know if I'll be able to go through with it when everyone's attention is on me tomorrow.
If this helps, this is how the ceremony works. They will call my name, I'll walk across the stage, shake hands with the principal and receive my diploma, walk a little more, stop for a picture, and walk back to my seat.
What advice do you have for me?
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I am graduating myself next next sunday so i dont have any wise advice or dont have much to say other then congrats!!!
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Honestly this is your big day and youll forget about being nervous. The graduation is probably going to be long so there going to call the seniors names fast so its not like youll be the only one whos on the stage at that time. And the only people who will actually notice you is most likely just friends and family because everyone else is focused on there children.
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relax a bit. This is gonna be your big day. A good acting tecnique is to picture the audience in your underwear. It's funny and it will calm you down. Have a friends thats younger then you or a family member sit close to the front and just focus your eyes on them, and pretend no one else is there. Also, pretend you are just walking across your deck and no one is watching you.
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RELAX! Nobody is judging you here. The last person everyone is focused on is you. Bottom line here is that they're focused on their own kids, siblings and self and their turn up there.
All you need to do is block everything out except for walking towards the person giving you your diploma. Focus on them and then look briefly towards where your family is seated for the photo. All eyes aren't on you even if they announce your name. It's only going to take you 10-15 seconds to go through all of this.
Think of how cool it is to graduate and of something funny in your head when you are going up there and focus on that until its over. Think of them in their underpants or naked in the audience and just go out and have fun no matter what.
There's no need to feel nervous as tons of other people graduating feel the same. So what if the seniors look at you? Look right back. It's your moment and don't let what you think they are thinking about you up there bother you. Just do your thing with a take charge attitude and walk across that stage like you were meant to be on it. You'll be fine.
Just think to yourself this is one heck of an achievement. Tons of people never finish high school and you have a great shot at a career and post-secondary school of choice. Remember that and go in there with the attitude that you worked hard for all of this and damn it I'm going to enjoy going on that stage tomorrow.
Focus on that and on your family and where they are seated and block the rest of these people right out. You do that in your head mentally and there won't be an issue here.
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