I was just thinking about how I was the only person who did not make the modified volleyball team in junior high. In hind sight it may have just been a typo because there were two teams and everyone made one of them, hahah. Then, when I went to college I was pleasantly surprised to be invited to be on the volleyball team without even trying out. For me, volleyball would have been harder than running, but it was nice to know that I had the option to be on the team. 😍 One of my best friends Annie started a hockey league in college, she said I could be a team captain, but picking up hockey would have been too hard.😜 Those inclusive offers made me realize that a no in life can turn into a yes overnight. You never know when a new sport invites you in. How fun I could have been on all these sports teams. I have to say I do enjoy playing soccer from time to time, in a co-ed adult league. Monday and Fridays are cross training for me from running, so I have added swim or a club league of soccer or golf or dance lessons to mix up the routine. Do you try new things on rest days? What is your lighthearted hobby sport? ⚽ 🎿🎳🎾⛳

Whenever my old lacrosse buddies and I get together for a club scrimmage, we all want to do the draw, catch it and drive the ball down into the goal. So co-ed club soccer is more fun for me, because the ball-hog thing does not happen as much for whatever reason. Anyone from 16 to 90 can be in those club league’s, so it’s always interesting to see who will show up. When I am really organized I like to do a scrimmage atleast once a month, and have an alternative to running atleast once a week for an hour. It is all about time management.

If you devote two hours a week to trying something new you’ll discover a lot. My favorite history paper I ever wrote was about mob soccer. I would be lost without my planner, I need to schedule free time as much as work or class or dates. Every hour block in my agenda has something scheduled, even if it's nothing. All of my running or training, including cross training ideas afe scheduled three months in advance. I really use pencil and sticky notes to move my schedule around as need be. Stickers are also fun to use, if I have a date I always use a 'date’ sticker in my agenda! Being organized three months in advance as a base is how I function in society. One time my boss had a meeting set up for our team, and I had to literally fly for half the day with layovers, and she made a joke about how I was the only one who made it there early because of my planner and everyone locally in the area was fifteen minutes late coming back from a restaurant; being organized and on time can be funny too. I wish that I could have gone out to an early dinner with the team that time, instead of doing Starbucks coffee and giant cookie in an airport. It is so funny how during a job interview lunch, you watch what you eat and order, but then once you’re on the team you all eat whatever you want with eachother. During my interview I hated having to eat in front of my boss and like was extra careful to properly dine, and then eating with eachother became so informal in time it makes me laugh. They should write a book about what to order during a job interview lunch, talking and eating simultaneously. Chicken soup for the job candidates’ lunch interviewee’s soul….