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I finished this
If your a swimmer feel free to read if not then whatever
I've been swimming for six years, and truthfully I'm not talented and I'm not brimming with potential. I'm just average. For skating, I've been figure skating for a year and I've made fast progress. I'm almost in advanced freestyle. But lately I've been feeling forced to swim. My older sister is a very talented swimmer, and I feel pressured to be as good if not better than her. But I really just want to be on the rink. I can't even skate competitively because I already swim. I have a meet tomorrow and I have long distances to swim. My mom told me that since I'm already in the sport I should try to be better, but I didn't have a choice to be in swimming. My sister was amazing, I was put into swimming because my parents thought I would be amazing. But so far no amzingness has shown up. I'm constantly being told by my parents that I'll be a great swimmer someday, but I'm not, because I don't enjoy it as much as I used to. Even my friends parents try to tell me what to do to get better (which I really wish they'd mind their own child's business), and I can't help but feel I'm disappointing them. Today my mom said "Look at your friend's sister. She's only 9 and she has all her BB times. Why can't you be like that." In swimming we have different age groups and different time standards for each group. As you get older the faster the time gets. I appreciate her trying (hopefully) to motivate me, but telling me that a 9 year old is doing better (respectively) than me does not boost my confidence. Please, if I was in a video game, every other day I would be notified that my negativity has leveled up. It's not that I hate swimming, I just want to do it my own way, I don't want to be pressured to be something I can't. It's like peer pressure I guess, but parent pressure.
