The girl sitting on the side of the pool with blue lips, shivering like it is twenty degrees outside, that was me. As a child, most kids go to a swimming class to learn how to swim and enjoy their lessons, to ultimately growing up spending days on the lake with their friends soaking up the sun kissed water. For me, this experience was a little different.I loathed going to swim class. I would beg and cry, asking my mom to take me out of the class but the feeling of being a young child who just learned to swim without floaties for the first time if a feeling I have never forgotten.
Taking that first swim alone without my parents in the water with me became my motivator for the years to follow. I applied my initial fear and my end success into everything that I did. Of course new things are scary at first, but if one dives right in without holding back, the reward may be even greater than the primary fear. As I got older, tasks began becoming more difficult and there was more to lose if I did not do them correctly. I had to remember that once I took the first leap, whether it was into the water or into a brand new task, I would eventually succeed if I put all of my effort toward my goal. …show more content…
Similarly to swimming, I have the obligation to carry on in all the these activities in my life because drowning is not an option. In swimming you must juggle staying above water, kicking your legs, and paddling with your arms. As a high school student you must juggle school work from each class, students are accustomed to have a job, and one is expected to be involved in a kind of school activity, whether the activity is a sport or a club. I throw myself into every task that I take on similarly to how I threw myself into the pool when I was a child learning to
Taking that first swim alone without my parents in the water with me became my motivator for the years to follow. I applied my initial fear and my end success into everything that I did. Of course new things are scary at first, but if one dives right in without holding back, the reward may be even greater than the primary fear. As I got older, tasks began becoming more difficult and there was more to lose if I did not do them correctly. I had to remember that once I took the first leap, whether it was into the water or into a brand new task, I would eventually succeed if I put all of my effort toward my goal. …show more content…
Similarly to swimming, I have the obligation to carry on in all the these activities in my life because drowning is not an option. In swimming you must juggle staying above water, kicking your legs, and paddling with your arms. As a high school student you must juggle school work from each class, students are accustomed to have a job, and one is expected to be involved in a kind of school activity, whether the activity is a sport or a club. I throw myself into every task that I take on similarly to how I threw myself into the pool when I was a child learning to