My Day - September 7, 2010

Today was a rest day, which I didn't really need but took it because of the body-weight workout yesterday. Practice tonight though, hopefully everyone's brought their intensity with them, I sure know I will. I've been slacking with writing my nutrition, and by slacking I mean I haven't written it down yet. What I've been thinking though, because we get to meet with a dietician pretty soon, is that I'd really hone in on everything with my nutrition then.

I am disappointed with myself after tonight's training. I was sluggish, my passes were bad, my decision making was bad, and to top it all off I wasn't communicating, at all! This is what happens to me when I have nothing to do all day. My mind wanders and I'm not focused on what's important. I wasn't enjoying myself tonight. I kept getting mad and frustrated and that's the shit right there that will stop me from getting to the next level in my own game. I need to stay calm and composed and make smart decisions for those 90 minutes of every game, and the 120 minutes of every practice, and for every other minute off the pitch. That's what will make me a better leader.

On another note, classes start tomorrow and I am so pumped up for it. This is it, I'm finally here. No one ever told me that I couldn't get here, and to be honest, everyone has been very supportive. I like to tell myself that, “I have to prove them wrong”, but there's no one I'm trying prove wrong. I'm here because I want to be and I'm doing this for me. In a way I'm proving myself wrong though because I was the one who never thought I could be here. Now it's time to show myself that I'm meant to be here and to get through every class with the best mark I possibly can, and to let nothing stand in my way.

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING