Competition

Over the past few weeks, since my last post, I've been trying to find the right subject to write about; the subject that means something to me. During the past few weeks I've been spending a lot of time at work, and as a result, I get a lot of time to think. I've been thinking about the type of person I am, and the type of person I want to be remembered as. After much thinking and self reflection, I realized what it was that got me pumped up about...just about everything.

It's competition. I consider myself a very competitive person. I'm not necessarily the most competitive person I know, but at times I think that I might be the most competitive person that someone else knows. The things I'm the most proud of have come through the beauty of competition. Most of those things fall in the category of sports. I feel like I was born with sports in my blood. I like almost every sport, and I truly think that's because sport involves competition.

Growing up as the 4th of 5 boys, I was immersed in competition. Everything from getting enough to eat to entertaining the family to getting my at-bats at whiffle ball was a competition. And because of those small competitions, I have some of the fondest memories I could ever dream of.

What I've realized in these past few weeks of thinking and soul searching, is that I never treated a lot of things in my life with the same respect as I did athletics. Like grades in school, playing and practicing my instruments (piano and guitar), and something I've brought a lot of attention to lately, my fitness and health. I guess I've never felt like those things could be competitive. But, what I've come to realize is that everything can be competitive. In all those situations, I was the competition. Not anyone else. But I failed to see that. I see it now though, and its never too late to start being competitive.

So, I'm set out to make my life more competitive. Sounds like a stressful task, I know. But, I now look at certain aspects of life and notice that it's not about winning (like for example: losing weight), but in striving to make myself healthier every day. Because in my opinion, I feel that you learn more from the competition than you do from the end result.

Those of you who know me know that I love to win; that I'll do anything and everything within the rules to get a "W". But not all things can be measured in wins and losses. But, if every time I strive to do them better than I ever have before, then they can always be measured in competition.

Until next time. Stay competitive!

-Trevor

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