In the beginning.....

There is an Elephant in the room....well, a few actually! It seems the heavy weights continue to hang around, no matter what course of action I take to diminish them. Waiting for this, weighting for that. I'm beginning to wonder if I'm ever going to grow up, or rather feel like a grown up.

I'm doing all the things grown up's are supposed to do: work, eat, sleep, work, save, spend, invest, work...workout. Nope, not budging. It all began 6 years ago when I opted to stop swimming and start treading. The "real" world seemed so exciting and scary all at the same time. It was my opportunity to leave the comforts of a sport I had known for most of my life. Stopwatches, endless laps, toned physiques, chlorine perfume, flaky skin, ridiculous hours and the only time I was good at Math, counting tiles at the bottom of the pool. It was time.

For a few years after I clung to the life jacket that was swimming, floating between jobs, in particular swim teaching and coaching.  I thought this was my path, this was all I would ever be "good" at. To be honest, it just became boring and a real pain in the rear. I admire anyone who works in the industry, but it just wasn't stimulating for me.

And so I stuck to my guns and continued to pursue a career in the industry I had studied: Communications. Today, I work as a communications officer and I seem to be picking up the pace. I aint just treading anymore...the doggy paddle is kicking in. Yet, that elephant, those elephants are still there........