Some Passions I Have
Hi guys so this week I’m going talk about some things I am passionate about hopefully you can learn a little more about me and maybe get inspired to try new things to find you passion
Sports
Back when I was in elementary school my parents were determined to get me to join a sport or an activity I really enjoyed but I never felt passion about sports like softball or volleyball. My parents finally persuaded me to join karate, and when I did I liked it a lot. I tried really hard and it was a fun activity every saturday. I quit karate after a few years of doing it I had done it long enough that instead of practicing techniques I would practice combat with other kids and to put it simply I was scared of getting hit. Than I tried dance which was something I had never done it and I loved it, after years of doing it I got really good doing solos in dance performances and trying new types of dance. Tap was my favorite I liked the different sound and the energy that came with it. But when I moved to my new home I was forced to leave the studio I had spent 6 years at.
Hi guys so this week I’m going talk about some things I am passionate about hopefully you can learn a little more about me and maybe get inspired to try new things to find you passion
Sports
Back when I was in elementary school my parents were determined to get me to join a sport or an activity I really enjoyed but I never felt passion about sports like softball or volleyball. My parents finally persuaded me to join karate, and when I did I liked it a lot. I tried really hard and it was a fun activity every saturday. I quit karate after a few years of doing it I had done it long enough that instead of practicing techniques I would practice combat with other kids and to put it simply I was scared of getting hit. Than I tried dance which was something I had never done it and I loved it, after years of doing it I got really good doing solos in dance performances and trying new types of dance. Tap was my favorite I liked the different sound and the energy that came with it. But when I moved to my new home I was forced to leave the studio I had spent 6 years at.
Then I came to the school I’m at now, its a small private school and I felt out of place I didn’t have anything to do after school. I wanted to get involved in the community and when I heard that their were going to be soccer tryouts I thought I’d try a new sport. Having no experience I was extremely nervous I didn’t even know what cleats to buy and if shin guards are necessary. When I went to the tryouts I put in a lot of work, but in the end everyone got to be on the team. I watched the girls who had done it since they were in elementary school I tried to pick up on their techniques and practiced at home after school, then I would research the rules and figure out what I needed to do in a game. After a few weeks I knew all the rules and knew a few techniques.
I loved it everyday I would go in excited to play and learn how to play better. No I wasn’t the best player but I was so determined to give it my all. While I was benched a lot of the time, I got to learn more about the team and what made us win and what didn’t. I noticed the players who would score the goals and the ones who were benched but played longer than me. It was all effort the players who would hustle at every ball and would stay after practice. After the season ended I joined lacrosse and took everything I learned in soccer and put it in to lacrosse. I ended up playing all the games and almost scoring goals all within my first year of playing! I've made a lot of friends I wouldn't have made without sports and I'm so proud of myself for sticking with it even when it was tough.
This year I have noticed both my soccer and lacrosse skills have increased and my determination hasn’t wavered! I’m so excited for next season I know I can do better and better every season!
I loved it everyday I would go in excited to play and learn how to play better. No I wasn’t the best player but I was so determined to give it my all. While I was benched a lot of the time, I got to learn more about the team and what made us win and what didn’t. I noticed the players who would score the goals and the ones who were benched but played longer than me. It was all effort the players who would hustle at every ball and would stay after practice. After the season ended I joined lacrosse and took everything I learned in soccer and put it in to lacrosse. I ended up playing all the games and almost scoring goals all within my first year of playing! I've made a lot of friends I wouldn't have made without sports and I'm so proud of myself for sticking with it even when it was tough.
This year I have noticed both my soccer and lacrosse skills have increased and my determination hasn’t wavered! I’m so excited for next season I know I can do better and better every season!
Art
When I was in middle school I was a good artist, my art would be in the school office and even shown at fairs in the community. But it wasn’t something I loved it was something I just happened to be pretty good at. When I got into high school I needed an art credit and decided to take classes. I hated it, I was not happy doing it and all I wanted to do was leave. I still needed another credit when I entered the second year of high school. There was something different instead of dreading it everyday I came in determined to do better than the last, like soccer and lacrosse. My art teachers noticed the difference, my work quality went from maybe average to something a little more. I knew art was different when I went to Joann’s and bought canvases, paints, and sketchbooks I practiced at home first with simple diy projects than to oil and pastel paintings. My art isn’t something that an expert would make and I know that but its something I’m proud of and enjoy.
When I was in middle school I was a good artist, my art would be in the school office and even shown at fairs in the community. But it wasn’t something I loved it was something I just happened to be pretty good at. When I got into high school I needed an art credit and decided to take classes. I hated it, I was not happy doing it and all I wanted to do was leave. I still needed another credit when I entered the second year of high school. There was something different instead of dreading it everyday I came in determined to do better than the last, like soccer and lacrosse. My art teachers noticed the difference, my work quality went from maybe average to something a little more. I knew art was different when I went to Joann’s and bought canvases, paints, and sketchbooks I practiced at home first with simple diy projects than to oil and pastel paintings. My art isn’t something that an expert would make and I know that but its something I’m proud of and enjoy.
Crochet
This is a new passion I have found and it literally became one overnight. I stayed in England for a few days with my Aunt. We went on trips to London and saw historical sights, we came home everyday and she would crochet a pillow she had been working on for a few weeks. It was gorgeous! One night I asked her if she could show me how to crochet she gave me one of her old balls of wool and showed me how to make a simple slip knot and chain, which I know now as the foundation of crocheting.
This is a new passion I have found and it literally became one overnight. I stayed in England for a few days with my Aunt. We went on trips to London and saw historical sights, we came home everyday and she would crochet a pillow she had been working on for a few weeks. It was gorgeous! One night I asked her if she could show me how to crochet she gave me one of her old balls of wool and showed me how to make a simple slip knot and chain, which I know now as the foundation of crocheting.
The next night she taught me how to double crochet. I was a quick learner and eager to make something, but she only had old wool not enough to make something out of it. We headed out early in the morning to a little shop where we found wool, a basic book teaching me how to make things like scarves and socks, and a crochet hook. The first thing I made was a multi-colored phone case, all within a night. The next morning I used a thick wool to begin my first scarf, it was difficult at first but got easier and easier and in two days my scarf was over a foot long. Crocheting is such a relaxing thing to do and you can do it anywhere! There’s just something about it that makes me so happy to literally have nothing but strings of wool and turn it into something special.