Everybody goes through rough times, it's a part of life. There are no shortcuts in life and sometimes, if someone can not handle life trials and tribulations, they begin to pile up. A great way to handle when life begins to get rough is to go somewhere and just relax. Stress can drive people crazy, it certainly does to me, and as humans, we need to release this stress in order for us to preform to our full potential. In my case, I have a certain place that I go to whenever I feel overwhelmed by life. I go to a small playground right near a lake. I can sit there for hours on end and just release all my stress and begin to seriously rethink my past and possible future decisions. Last time I visited the lake was in December, right before winter break. I had just recently recovered from a fractured spine injury and my baseball began to pick back up. In these healing months, I have rethought my entire road ahead. Before my back injury, I planned on trying to play college baseball. Through the days, my passion for baseball had began to decline. My dad sure wants to see me play, but it's not what I dream of anymore. My dad would pressure me to keep working and to keep throwing so I can one day, but not be guaranteed, play college ball. I had my dad pressuring me, I had my coach pressuring me and I was so stressed by the time I was completely healed. I went to me special place to just get away and think and I came up with my solution: I'm going to finish high school baseball, but I do not plan on playing college. I want to go to UCF for college and focus more on my academics and my wonderful girl. Don't get me wrong, baseball is still huge in my life. It has taught me so much, but because I was able to get away for a little and think, I now have my dreams on the right path to what I really want. Being stressed is completely normal. It's what makes us human. Many life lessons can be found under all this stress, all you need is a place to relieve you of it all and there inlies your path that you truly desire.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Where do you go to get away from it all?
Everybody goes through rough times, it's a part of life. There are no shortcuts in life and sometimes, if someone can not handle life trials and tribulations, they begin to pile up. A great way to handle when life begins to get rough is to go somewhere and just relax. Stress can drive people crazy, it certainly does to me, and as humans, we need to release this stress in order for us to preform to our full potential. In my case, I have a certain place that I go to whenever I feel overwhelmed by life. I go to a small playground right near a lake. I can sit there for hours on end and just release all my stress and begin to seriously rethink my past and possible future decisions. Last time I visited the lake was in December, right before winter break. I had just recently recovered from a fractured spine injury and my baseball began to pick back up. In these healing months, I have rethought my entire road ahead. Before my back injury, I planned on trying to play college baseball. Through the days, my passion for baseball had began to decline. My dad sure wants to see me play, but it's not what I dream of anymore. My dad would pressure me to keep working and to keep throwing so I can one day, but not be guaranteed, play college ball. I had my dad pressuring me, I had my coach pressuring me and I was so stressed by the time I was completely healed. I went to me special place to just get away and think and I came up with my solution: I'm going to finish high school baseball, but I do not plan on playing college. I want to go to UCF for college and focus more on my academics and my wonderful girl. Don't get me wrong, baseball is still huge in my life. It has taught me so much, but because I was able to get away for a little and think, I now have my dreams on the right path to what I really want. Being stressed is completely normal. It's what makes us human. Many life lessons can be found under all this stress, all you need is a place to relieve you of it all and there inlies your path that you truly desire.
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