Since this is my first summer in Pensacola, I’ve had the amazing opportunity to be around my college friends and enjoy the beach more so than I do when I’m in Madison. With that being said, I’ve also been learning to really balance work and play. During the week, I make sure I go workout with my strength coach and teammates, then grade for my teaching assistant job and do my own homework. Some weekends, I am away coaching, but when I’m not, I enjoy the beach or go dancing with my newfound line dancing friends.
Although I haven’t started my career yet, I am very thankful to have this opportunity to grow in my time management skills and overall social battery. I’m normally really bad about not going and doing things with friends because I just don’t have the social energy to, but I’ve been able to create more of a tolerance for relaxing and having fun. It’s weird, most college kids don’t have to build a tolerance for relaxing, but being a college athlete and honestly just coming from a hardworking family/background, it feels weird to not have something to do every waking moment. I’m learning that’s okay, and I’m so happy to be finally understanding that concept.