An assignment to compose your own life story came after the reading from Mary Cathernine Bateson’s “Composing a Life Story.”  The purpose was to compose a life story regarding an aspect of you’re life growing up.  What has always been apart of my life is sports and activities.  This story analyses how my life has been developed through sports and activities.  Enjoy!

At a young age it became apparent that I was going to be involved in sports throughout my life.  Looking back at home videos of christmas morning my first gift was a basketball and hoop. My childhood consisted of riding bikes, playing basketball, skiing and snowboarding, and engaging in water sports in the summer.  In kindergarten they asked us to draw what we wanted to be when we grew up; I drew a dirt bike racer. As I began to grow into a pre-pubescent stage I picked up the sport of baseball. I found my tall stature and hand-eye coordination allowed me to succeed in the sport at a young age.  At the dinner table parents would ask what I wanted to be when I grew up; similar to before I had said profession baseball player or snowboarder. Getting into my teenage year I left the sport of baseball to pursue the sport of Volleyball. I noticed the skills I learned in baseball when pitching helped me spike harder than my other teammates who had picked up the sport at the same time as I.  My progression in volleyball grew and grew as I competed on the top teams in Canada and playing for the provincial team in the summer. As I became closer to graduation high school I found myself at the dinner table with people asking what I was going to do post high school. My answer still hasn’t changed. With volleyball scholarships to various universities in Canada I was given the opportunity to continue playing the sport I love while continuing an education which can give me a fallback plan if continuing my athletics runs out.

I’ve found the ability of pursuing goals in sports throughout my childhood to benefit myself as I make my way into adulthood.  However, as I grow up I’ve realized my dreams are beginning to come true.