Boating into in the Wellfleet Cove in Cape Cod, the first thing I noticed was how the towering sand dunes on the peninsula protected the still, glassy waters within it from wind. The cove was a sanctuary from my anxious life I led at home. My anxiety causes me to have to look at the future as an overwhelming heap of events with a variety of possible outcomes. I remind myself everyday to take things one step at a time so as not to get ahead of myself in a moment. But in the cove, I need not worry about the future because time ceases to exist there. Everything that had worried me before didn’t progress, so there was nothing to imagine in the future. looking around the cove I saw no college, grades, sports, or social relationships; there was only wakeboarding.
While my dad tightened the strap on the wakeboard for me before my first ever attempt, I thought about how my family gives me the tools I need to prosper. My ADD induced, hyperactive self looks for constant change, yet fears it at the same time. My family allows …show more content…
My brother could do it so why couldn’t I? My brothers would serve as motivation for many actions in my life in that specific, competitive way. As I glided far out of the wake, I saw in my mind all the possible ways I could fall on the other side. I looked to my family on the boat and knew going forward they would always be there. And if I were to fall, they would return to pick me back up. But what they couldn’t do was throw me across the wake. So as an introvert does by nature, I returned to my mind and remembered what I tell myself everyday. I thought about the logical steps I could take to accomplish the task at hand as I cut in towards the wake. The rope slacked at first, but then tightened suddenly, which launched me with a high velocity. I kept the board perpendicular to the boat, my knees bent, the handle low, and I popped up off the
While my dad tightened the strap on the wakeboard for me before my first ever attempt, I thought about how my family gives me the tools I need to prosper. My ADD induced, hyperactive self looks for constant change, yet fears it at the same time. My family allows …show more content…
My brother could do it so why couldn’t I? My brothers would serve as motivation for many actions in my life in that specific, competitive way. As I glided far out of the wake, I saw in my mind all the possible ways I could fall on the other side. I looked to my family on the boat and knew going forward they would always be there. And if I were to fall, they would return to pick me back up. But what they couldn’t do was throw me across the wake. So as an introvert does by nature, I returned to my mind and remembered what I tell myself everyday. I thought about the logical steps I could take to accomplish the task at hand as I cut in towards the wake. The rope slacked at first, but then tightened suddenly, which launched me with a high velocity. I kept the board perpendicular to the boat, my knees bent, the handle low, and I popped up off the