What to do in life when what your most passionate about is not what your doing? Day in and day out I want to punch myself in the face for not following my heart when I was younger. I show up to work everyday not because I love what I do, it's because I have a family and a responsibility to them and myself to provide.
Now that I'm a Dad I continue to find ways to better communicate to my son that to be truly happy in life you should follow your heart. The crazy thing is that my son is only 2. I figure you can never start to young. If I send him the same message for the next 18 years of his life he may actually receive it one day.
My Dad and I never had that talk. I'm sure he knew what I wanted to do and be....he just never pushed me. Do I blame my Dad for working at my current job? No way. I truly only have myself to blame but like most people I would have appreciated a nice little nudge now and again.
What's my point. My point is that I love sports, I love competing and I'm addicted to proving people wrong when they look across the court and think they are going to have the better of me.
My family and friends have always told me that I should write about sports.....so here we go. While I certainly might not be living the dream playing, coaching or writing about sports for a major publication I figure this could be my small way of getting in the game.
The dream has to start somewhere.
Alex James
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