Background: Broken

​One of the main challenges I had last year was balancing my school, sports, social, and personal life. At the beginning of my sophomore year, I immediately noticed a significant increase in difficulty from middle school to high school. Since I had my first year of high school online, because of Covid, my transition wasn't as smooth sailing as I'd hoped for. Although I hate to admit it, this event changed everything. It completely altered our everyday routines and changed many aspects of our lives. Adding onto the abnormalities, it was also my first year playing on my school's varsity basketball and golf team. I had known my commitments would consume a lot of time after school; however, I overestimated my ability to balance everything. Eventually, I found myself juggling the pressures of school, sports, and the relationships in my life. I had a lot of expectations for myself and cared a lot about the expectations other people had for me. While I attempted to gain control of my life, instead, I found myself spiraling out of control. In order to gain control of my life, I found that first, I had to gain control of my mind. I spent a lot of time and effort changing myself to become stronger. Even though I still have a lot to work on, hopefully, you find some useful advice here that you can add to your daily life.