You were the kid who woke up every morning for early practices, and stayed late for workouts. You ate, slept and breathed your sport, but college came around and you had to give it up.
This one is for you.
1. You often catch yourself saying "back in high school..."
Sometimes you are a high school hero. You don't even care.
2. You notice subtle changes in your body.
Oh, is that muscle deteriorating? Oh, that fat is new. Great. Just great.
3. You find yourself being super competitive in other areas of life...
Meaning every other area of life.
4. You miss your team more than you ever thought you would...
Flashback to the locker room inside jokes, the gossip filled study halls and the best friends you have ever had.
5. God forbid you ever try to play again...
Never has anything been more painful.
6. You cringe when anyone tries to explain your sport to you...
It was actually my life, thank you very much.
7. You get strangely jealous when someone succeeds at what you once were so good at...
Oh you won? Awesome, so happy, literally ecstatic.
8. You are just so out of shape.
Like two-flights-of-stairs-and-I-am-winded out of shape.
9. Some days you miss it so much it actually hurts.
10. But at the end of the day, you LOVE having free time.
Naps are everything that is good in the world.