Personal Narrative: Moving To A New School

We all face challenges in life's. We can allow our challenges to change us and help us grow, or we can allow our challenges to limit and define us. This is an important lesson that I have learned last year when I switched to a new gym.
Last year I was at the statewide gymnastics meet and I was not doing as well as I wanted to do and I was really upset. There were some other teams and it was obvious that they had much better coaching that me and I decided that I wanted to take my training more seriously and switch to a better gym with better coaches and longer practices. I talked to my mom we decided that I could go to a new gym.
I have never been the new kid before, I have never moved before, I have never gone to a new school, and I had never switched sports teams. I had been at the same gymnastics center since I was about two years old, that place had practically become my second home. It was a really hard choice to make, I would have to leave some of my best friends, but if I wanted to be successful and excel in the sport I knew it would be best. …show more content…
I was extremely nervous to go in because I was afraid that all of the girls would hate me. I probably wouldn’t have even walked into the building if I didn’t have my mom by my side comforting me. The mood at the new gym was a lot more serious and that meant a lot more work and focus. I had never been more exhausted in my life, the practices were almost four and a half hours long, almost an hour and a half more than they were at my old gym and there was a lot more conditioning. I felt like my arms and legs were just going to fall right off. I was unsure if I could handle working out like that every