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
Tag: Failure
The Most Underrated Word of the 21st Century
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