On July 30, 2015 I was in an accident that should have killed me, or at least left me paralyzed. Through my life I have believed that I should push myself to grow, mentally and physically. This attitude started when I was a young boy. I came to enjoy two things; the first was to build things, second, overcoming barriers.
On July 30, 2015 at 6:00 a.m. I was pushing myself, I was training for a bicycle race called Lotoja, a 200 mile bicycle race that must be completed in less than 13 hours. I was doing what I had done many times before, doing what was not normal, being the exception. Lotoja is not just a “bike race”, it is a mental game. Set a goal, then work your brain to accomplish that goal. While working toward that type of goal, your body …show more content…
I was riding alone that morning, doing something alone was something that I was become accustomed to. I had grown up being home schooled. The generalization and stereotype of being homeschooled is that I should be a “socially awkward home school misfit”, or that is what I joke about and say and so far seems to fit the “stereotype”. I have never fit in a mold. Homeschooling for me, think’s to my parents led me to be more social, outgoing, and in several cases more cultured than my peers. Homeschooling for me meant learning some sign language and Spanish, learning the piano, Starting College when I was 14. Then my educations and activities snowballed into Attending a college on the other side of the country, serving a LDS 2 year mission on the other side of the world, then graduating with my my bachelor’s at 23. None of the tasks I have chosen have been easy, but they all have helped me prepare for the next step in my life, whatever the task was at the time. It has taught me to work alone, and within a team, communication, dedication, and several other skills that have used over and over. I have found that the greatest barriers are the ones that I set on myself. I think I have learned what Robert frost was talking about when he said ‘I took the path less traveled, and that has made all the
On July 30, 2015 at 6:00 a.m. I was pushing myself, I was training for a bicycle race called Lotoja, a 200 mile bicycle race that must be completed in less than 13 hours. I was doing what I had done many times before, doing what was not normal, being the exception. Lotoja is not just a “bike race”, it is a mental game. Set a goal, then work your brain to accomplish that goal. While working toward that type of goal, your body …show more content…
I was riding alone that morning, doing something alone was something that I was become accustomed to. I had grown up being home schooled. The generalization and stereotype of being homeschooled is that I should be a “socially awkward home school misfit”, or that is what I joke about and say and so far seems to fit the “stereotype”. I have never fit in a mold. Homeschooling for me, think’s to my parents led me to be more social, outgoing, and in several cases more cultured than my peers. Homeschooling for me meant learning some sign language and Spanish, learning the piano, Starting College when I was 14. Then my educations and activities snowballed into Attending a college on the other side of the country, serving a LDS 2 year mission on the other side of the world, then graduating with my my bachelor’s at 23. None of the tasks I have chosen have been easy, but they all have helped me prepare for the next step in my life, whatever the task was at the time. It has taught me to work alone, and within a team, communication, dedication, and several other skills that have used over and over. I have found that the greatest barriers are the ones that I set on myself. I think I have learned what Robert frost was talking about when he said ‘I took the path less traveled, and that has made all the