After a year of hard work, we're still where we used to be.

We aren't even improving; we're doing the same things we did more than a  year ago. It's not even that we aren't capable of doing better; we just aren't trying. 

Just goes to show how willing we are to improve ourselves, no?

Laziness, wanting to take the easy way out? Fear of going off-note? 

We're stagnant. Might as well play our disgusting OB In-house concert video for them to see. We're doing the same things anyway. The only difference is that this one is going to be draggier.

I'm not being pessimistic. I'm being realistic. Being confident and believing we'll do well does NOT mean we should be lazy and compacent. It means we should strive to do better.