Exercising

I have been relatively athletic for the majority of my life. Growing up, my parents put my brother and I in a variety of sports. These included swimming, soccer, basketball, baseball, lacrosse, and running. The main goals of participating in sports were to meet new people, have fun, and maintain a healthy lifestyle. I think they accomplished all three. I didn’t end up sticking with most of them, but I appreciate my experience with the sports.

Nowadays I am mostly focused on running, swimming, and dancing. I picked up dancing after my brother started. I thought he was doing some cool stuff and I wanted to learn some cool moves. Breaking takes a lot of work, but it is rewarding in terms of being able to do something special with your body. Swimming is probably my favorite sport out of the sports I’ve participated in. When I swam competitively, it was fun for a while and I enjoy being in the water. I don’t go too often anymore since it is a bit of a hassle, but I always enjoy swimming in the water. When I go to the pool now, I feel like I should still be able to go as fast as I once was. As a result, I get tired pretty quickly. Same with running. I keep thinking that I can run so much faster than I can.

Even though I am a lot slower than when I competed at these sports competitively, I started to dislike the sports at the end of my career. So, getting back into them at a more recreational level is good for me. It’s not as fun, but I don’t dislike doing it. For most of my college life, I didn’t do much exercise. I don’t think it was a problem, but I was so fed up with running. Now as a person in the workforce, I don’t know what I would do with myself if I didn’t exercise regularly. It helps my mental health tremendously. There are so many times where I feel like I would go insane with what was happening at work and my personal life, but exercise takes my mind off things and reset. Also, I have a lot more free time than I did in college so it is a good way to pass the downtime I have after work.