My Defining Moment Research Paper

My defining moment happened my junior year at the end of my wrestling season. The moment was not what I had in mind, but it was the best thing that happened to me. Starting in 4th grade all I wanted was to make it to the state tournament for wrestling. My freshmen year came along and I started training all year long for wrestling, it was the only thing on my mind. My junior year came along and I was ready: this was my year. The district tournament was upon us. It was a Saturday, I was up at 4:00 AM to start cutting weight so I would be ready to compete. I was driving towards the gym, all I could hear was the engine roar, there was no one else on the road, it was pitch black, and I was alone with my thoughts. All I could think about was how I deserved this, I worked hard for this, and it was my time. I got to the gym and went into the sauna, I opened the door and the dry heat hit me like a wall, I forced myself to go in and shut the door. I had on my sweat suit that made me feel as if I was in an oven. It was a dry heat that took all my energy from my body, I slumped on the wooden …show more content…
It won’t always be a good thing, but that moment made you who you are. Without the certain moment, you would have a different outlook on life. Mine happened to be a loss in my junior year wrestling season. When faced with a monumental moment in your life you have two options. First, to run away act like it didn’t happen. This is an option that usually is appealing especially when a moment is a negative event at the time, but this won’t help solve your problems. The second option is to embrace the moment, use it as fuel to push you. This option is easy to want to do, but hard to live out. Doing this option you have to bring back the feeling of failure, heartache, and pain over and over again. Using your raw emotion to fuel you to get where you want to go. Either option, the choice is up to you: flee or face the