Mar 10
17
Finding Passion
Have you ever found something that you are just so passionate about that you can’t seem to get enough of it? Well, for me that happened about a year ago when I took my first athletic training class. Now, of course I was a scared little first-semester college student and was often unsure about what answers I actually knew, but I was so impressed by the things that I was learning that I wanted to do this forever. It didn’t take long for me to fall in love with the many wonderful things that make up athletic training to me. I was thrilled as can be to find myself entering this world of opportunities. When I would finish a shift in the training room, I would come home so happy and filled with a love for “my” athletes and a love for being able to help them succeed.
This experience came to me in a time where I was very unsure of myself and without a clue of what I wanted to do with my life. I didn’t want to get very far into college before knowing what I was going to major in but my parents thought it would be a good thing to take some classes and get some experience. By a miracle I’m sure, one of those classes for experience turned into my passion in learning and one of the greatest things in my life. Had you asked me before I took that class who I wanted to be when I grew up I would feel awkward and have no answer for you. It didn’t take long for that to change.
Some wisdom I have found in this experience is to hang on and trust that you will find joy in your future, even if you can’t seem to have it right now. I was super worried about what I was going to do with my life and then I found this. All you have to do is mention athletic training to me now and my face will light up and I would love to talk with you for hours and hours about how much I love it. There are surely things like that for you too. So if you are struggling with something like this, just hang on.
