Gowing up, I was always the quiet, shy girl who doesn't say much to people she doesn't know. My preschool teacher used to throw foam frisbees at me in order to get me to say something, anything. The only people I was really comfortable talking to was my family members. Then I finally found something that I was good at. At the age of five I stepped timidly onto the ice for the first time in a beginner skating class. I loved it and for some reason I was good at it. I begged mom and dad to let me continue doing lessons.
I excelled all the way through the basic learn to skate levels and was asked by a coach to take private lessons because I showed dedication and skill. After school starting around second grade, I would go to the rink for a couple hours to practice. This began as a few days a week and turned into to six days a week. I had dedication. I had passion. And I had a very strong love for a sport. I began competing and loved every minute of it.
Today, as I look back on my history I can see a lot of who I was than in who I am now. I know longer skate, but I'm still most comfortable when I'm on the ice, doing what I know I'm good at. I teach lessons and I'm dedicated to it.
I am also still a very passionate person with strong emotions. I'm never one who is just kind of sad or kind of happy. Its either extremely happy or extremely upset (this can be both bad and good). Things that I love bring out the best of these strong emotions. This is just one major part of my history that has shaped me.
I excelled all the way through the basic learn to skate levels and was asked by a coach to take private lessons because I showed dedication and skill. After school starting around second grade, I would go to the rink for a couple hours to practice. This began as a few days a week and turned into to six days a week. I had dedication. I had passion. And I had a very strong love for a sport. I began competing and loved every minute of it.
Today, as I look back on my history I can see a lot of who I was than in who I am now. I know longer skate, but I'm still most comfortable when I'm on the ice, doing what I know I'm good at. I teach lessons and I'm dedicated to it.
I am also still a very passionate person with strong emotions. I'm never one who is just kind of sad or kind of happy. Its either extremely happy or extremely upset (this can be both bad and good). Things that I love bring out the best of these strong emotions. This is just one major part of my history that has shaped me.
Another thing that has shaped me is my upbringing in the Catholic religion. From grades K-6 I was in a Catholic school. We went to church on Fridays and than with our family every Sunday. I learned how to pray and be a good Catholic. Today I don't follow these rules like I did as a little girl, but I have the foundation and basic knowledge to go back to my faith and make my own decisions about it. This has built a lot of my foundations for what I see as right or wrong.
I really like how you connected who you were in the past to who you are now. I think it is really interesting how certain personality characteristics stick with people through different ages and situations.
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