#motivation

Articles, Stories, and Such

I Can and I Will because I Believe

From a young age I was told I can’t do things. “You won’t be a professional athlete. You can’t be a rock star. Less than 1% of people...

Tips and Tricks for Picking Up A Sport Quickly

A focal point of my own personal story has been picking up the sport of soccer. Now, one thing I briefly mention but never really dive...

Lessons Where You Least Expect It

I’ve written about this before, about never discounting anything that may not seem knowledgeable. In other words, always looking for a...

Sport Psych 101: On Losing and Failing

I hate losing. I hate it with a passion. As someone who is pretty competitive, whenever I lose at anything, be it in sport or even in a...

No More Excuses

I understand what it is like to be sick. Not sick as in just having a cold or the 24 hour flu. I’m talking really sick. I’m talking like...

Revitalized

I think it’s fair to say I’ve now been running this site for a long time now. I think it’s been 3 years? Maybe 4 now? I can still...

It's Okay to Lose, Just Not Okay to Like It

These are the days of the participation ribbon in the athletic world. Even in competitive sports, we have collectively decided that the...

Life has a Way to Switch Things Up on You: Keeping Perspective

I’ve always considered myself fairly lucky, disease part aside. Even with all the schooling I’ve done, and all the jobs I’ve had, I’ve...

A Year and Still Going Strong

So it has been officially over a year since I started AFL. I have gone from playing intramural futsal at my school to playing full 11v11...

You Can't Always Do It Alone

The title goes two ways really. This is one of those articles that not only applies to chronic disease but applies to sports as well;...