coping with change

Probably the biggest change for me in the past year is football. Football takes up most of your time in college. During camp we would have three practices a day sometimes. We would wake up at 7 have position meetings, then go to practice, have brunch, after that we would have another practice followed by conditioning, film and more meetings. We would end up getting back to the room at about nine o’clock, only to wake up in the morning to do it all over again. It was the hardest two weeks of my life. Combined with school it makes things really difficult. To go class then to go to football practice, then have to eat and take a quick shower in 30 minutes to go to class again is something that I never had to experience in high school. This is a good thing and a bad thing. On one hand, it’s really stressful putting up with school and practice. On the other hand, it keeps me focused and it doesn’t allow my mind to wonder. This change is necessary if I want to keep my scholarship. This change has actually made me a more organized person out of necessity. I feel that if I was the same person I was in high school that I am today, I wouldn’t get nearly the things done that I needed to. All and all I think this change is a good thing. It is teaching me to become a more self reliant person.