So yes, I know. I
already did a swimming post. But to be completely honest I didn't anticipate to
be crossing number 90 off of my bucket list so soon. That was my goal for the
entire season, not for this very first meet. And I beat it. And you wouldn't believe
how happy I am.
I'm not a fast
swimmer. I am about 5 foot 1 inch tall, and have had stomach problems since the
beginning of this year; resulting in lack of physical endurance. Oh and I can't breathe. And I forget to breathe. And
then the air feels like it's not going into my lungs. Then I start breathing in
water. Alas, I drown after one too many laps. The height thing matters because
anyone who is a lot taller than me, the second they go off the block (the thing
we dive off of) they're a good few feet ahead of me. The physical endurance
effects me majorly because although I'm relatively strong, I can't always keep
going during strokes at the same pace as everyone else. It just doesn't work
like that, hopefully it will soon.
I did have a 48
second freestyle time. I managed to drop that to a 41 second freestyle time.
That was because I worked hard. I pushed it, I refused to lift my head out of
the water to breathe until I had to, breathing would have slowed me down. I
succeeded in my flip turn, a skill I've been working on for the past weeks. And
my dive was okay, another thing I have been practicing for weeks. Practice
makes perfect.
But it couldn't have
been just practice. Just practice, no passion doesn't make for anything good.
When a kid starts reading, they want to read, they want to have that skill. But
later in life they lose that passion so even though they've had practice at it
and could be very good readers, they don't have enough passion. I had passion,
I had drive. Well I forced myself to have both.
Because if I don't
have passion, then I won't try. I would have stuck around my 48 second free
time, and been content. But no, I'm going to keep pushing it until I get into
the 30s, I know I won't get into the twenties, that would be insane. But I will
keep pushing it.
I think goals are
something good for everyone to strive for, I mean look at my bucket list. I
can't accomplish half of those if I don't make them happen myself. I may not
find passion in school or even set goals for it anymore, especially in math
class, but if I start actually working in swim, hey maybe other things will
follow. Setting that as my free goal helped me accomplish it, maybe if I set a
goal in math to turn in every assignment for the next week that would help
there too. I'm not sure.
So that's my thing
to live for, actually from yesterday. Living for goals that make me happy.
Living for passion. I like that, passion is a good thing to have. Especially
you know where ;) ;) couldn't let that one go untouched, sorry. Anyways, hope
you all have a wonderful day!
With love, life, and
laughter
Brina :)
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