quadrophenic

In high school, hurdling was the one thing I could call my own. It defined me and taught me about hard work. It is one of the few things I can look back on, knowing that I created my success in it.

In college, I ran for a major canadian university for 1 semester, but ended up quitting due to a number of personal reasons. I tried to leave track behind, and in an attempt to fill the void, began training for triathlons.

That didn’t last long, and about a year later I began casually training again. I decided to enter a race in the summer to motivate me. I was surprised by how well I did, considering I was training on a very irregular basis, and was running against other university students fresh off the college circuit.

A few months later I woke up in the middle of the night, and it hit me hard. I realized that I had been quite unhappy since I had stopped hurdling. It was something I had been doing for so long that it was a part of me. I decided that I would start training in earnest from then on out. Ever since I’ve been hitting the track nearly every day, getting faster! I wish all of you the best of luck in this! Maybe I’ll see you there :-)

Whenever I’m indecisive about something, I look it up on the internet. This usually leads to WAY too much information, which only makes me more indecisive. This continues in a never-ending cycle, and I end up on the internet for hours. The whole thing ends up being very stressful and I end up doing nothing. Then I get angry at myself for wasting all this time on the internet.

I think I just need to realize that while the internet has lots of information (some true, some not), it can’t tell me how to live my life.

That being said, the internet is a very useful tool. I just think I need to stop using it as an excuse not to live my life.