learn to question again
There come moments in your life, where a stop sign suddenly appears in front of you. It's a clear stop sign and you're at a crossroads. At this particular point I turned the ignition to stop the once, roaring engine. A roaring engine that won me my first national title in the summer of 2016… Continue reading The Ending and Aftershocks of an Athletic Career
I've been delivered the biggest blow of my swimming career. After a long 4 years of swimming up and down that black line, I finished 9th at the Olympic Trials and missed the final (a final which I finished in 3rd last year), hence ending my Rio Olympic Dream. It's thrown me into this chasm… Continue reading The Unrecognised Option
Olympic Trials is fast approaching. Training winds down. Energy levels exceed normal levels. Your body starts to feel stronger. With all these reactions unfolding, there is time for thought. My mind normally would be racing through all the possibilities that could occur. But for now and for this week, I’ve started to question again who… Continue reading The Relationship between Happiness and Success
My sister sent me two videos yesterday, one of them was the new commercial about Michael Phelps. The caption of the advert: "It is what you do in the dark that puts you into the light". I love that statement and the commercial too, but this blog isn’t centred on it. The second video was… Continue reading Sacrifice V Choice
I failed my driving test today for the second time. It doesn’t matter how, but it got me thinking that maybe it happened for a reason. Maybe, it finally got me to start this blog - and so it has. As I was driving back after the test, I remember thinking, “I’m a failure”, “I’ve… Continue reading The Most Underrated Word of the 21st Century
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