Keeping Your Inner Athlete Motivated in the Face of Life Changes
Posted July 14th, 2007 at 12:19 PM by Kristin Bland
Section: Motivation, Health & Fitness, Exercise
I have always owned the identity of an athlete. Practice schedules, conditioning, training-these have been ingrained in my person as the standard routine of every day. This all started coming to a jolting halt, however, as I neared the end of my college years, and strode into the ‘real world’, as the elders in my life like to put it. Besides the increased awareness of the cold reality of responsibility that continually cuts into my carefree social life, my athletic life has taken a huge hit as well.
In the face of securing one’s own living situation for the first time, and working hard to land that first job, an individual in her early twenties often ends up pushing her athletic life to the bottom of her list. And I have learned, as many in my position surely have as well, that our inner athlete is yelling to be trained again.
A solid exercise life is important to help us brace ourselves against the ever-coming new experiences and uncertainties of branching out as a young adult for the first time.
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