-Albert Einstein
Leisure- free time
This past weekend was a time for the opening of the NFL season and also the second week for College football. It was also another weekend closer to the final teams chasing each other for their birth into the MLB playoffs. Everyone sits down on their couch all day and night and watches. A great time away from work, the classroom, and from your week-filled athletic schedule.
But in the end where does this benefit you?? I love the fact it gives us time to hang out with friends and socialize. If we take a step back and realize where we are and what we are doing, have we reached OUR goals?? Are we not sitting on the couch watching people who have accomplished their goals at being professional athletes?? When I was a young teen, I was one of the best basketball players in the country. My Uncle Spencer told me that although I was good, there were 300 to 400 kids exactly like me. If I stopped working hard, I will soon find myself in the back burner without a scholarship and in a tough spot later in life. Any day I could have stopped working and ended up fighting for something I could have controlled.
The kids out here looking to make their school Varsity or Junior Varsity team: Did you spend more than enough time on your video games or facebook during times when you could be working on your athletic skill?? If you answer yes, look yourself in the mirror and ask if you are doing yourself a disservice. This also applies to kids who are in middle school. Do you want to represent your school but are unsure if this will happen for certain?? Then you can change that when you know others are sitting on their couch, you are working on your skill. It is great to have leisure time but get an hour or two of workouts in before you choose to have free time. One of the quotes I TRY to live by is "tomorrows 'coulda' 'woulda' 'shouldas', are being lived right now". This does not apply to only athletics, it applies to every profession. Those studying for your MCATS to get into Med school or the LSATS for Law school. What did you find yourself doing this past weekend?? Were you partying to clear your mind or were you taking off a couple of hours at a time in between studying? Those studying during times of leisure are the ones who have that quality free time when they have a satisfying score a few months later. Are you able to sacrifice happiness now in order to guarantee success and happiness later??
"The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become."
-Charles Du Bos
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