sometimes I impress even myself
Jan. 24th, 2010 10:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anotheranonEver feel like you had only a finite amount of awesome, and you've used it all up?
Yeah, that was me today as compared to last week. I could not get my head into the game, lost every single bout in pools.
Due to a combination of second wind, number of competitors and sheer luck I was paired fairly evenly in my first DE and won, so got to a 2nd DE, against the guy seeded 3rd (out of 37), which I promptly lost.
This pleased me - after the bad 1st half of the day I was second from the bottom so the only way was up, so to speak. Some part of me still identifies with the bookworm of my childhood that was always picked last for kickball and marvels that I can hit anyone or anything at all, because I am certainly not a born athlete.
But the fact remains I've been hammering away at this sport for 9(!) years now, and competing for 3 - I am an athlete, even if it's mostly enthusiasm rather than ability that fuels it, and I suspect that my low expectations may be holding me back. I tell myself I'm trying not to get overconfident only to be disappointed, but how much of that is an excuse not to try harder?
Those of y'all who compete/are competitive (in a sport or anything else) - what's the happy medium between aiming too high and too low, between setting oneself up for disappointment and slacking?
Yeah, that was me today as compared to last week. I could not get my head into the game, lost every single bout in pools.
Due to a combination of second wind, number of competitors and sheer luck I was paired fairly evenly in my first DE and won, so got to a 2nd DE, against the guy seeded 3rd (out of 37), which I promptly lost.
This pleased me - after the bad 1st half of the day I was second from the bottom so the only way was up, so to speak. Some part of me still identifies with the bookworm of my childhood that was always picked last for kickball and marvels that I can hit anyone or anything at all, because I am certainly not a born athlete.
But the fact remains I've been hammering away at this sport for 9(!) years now, and competing for 3 - I am an athlete, even if it's mostly enthusiasm rather than ability that fuels it, and I suspect that my low expectations may be holding me back. I tell myself I'm trying not to get overconfident only to be disappointed, but how much of that is an excuse not to try harder?
Those of y'all who compete/are competitive (in a sport or anything else) - what's the happy medium between aiming too high and too low, between setting oneself up for disappointment and slacking?
