BEUnderTheInfluence
Well-Known Member
Today I left school....and I felt like I'd been released from my safety net!
I'm not going to college or Uni (despite all B- A* grades) because, after long and hard deliberation, I decided that if Eventing is what I'm going to dedicate my life to, I need to go now and learn as much as I can.
I'm 16 and will be moving away from home in Sept time to a working pupil placement. Wow.
My parents have come round to the idea that I'm not a completely useless rider and that if I want to give riding proffesionally a go, I can't do it half heartedly. I need to thow myself in at the deep end and learn how to swim....fast!
So....slightly reflective....leaving all the friends I have made, family I love and my wonderful yard soon to go graft for an idol doing stupid hours! I know how much hard work and dedication this needs and I know there will be moments where I have to dig deep and ask myself serious questions.
Its a big risk but I'd rather throw myself into it with everything i have and pull it off and be who I want to be, or bow out respectfully; rather than 20 years from now..sat in an office miserabley staring at the chewing-gum grey ceillng wondering what could have been....had i taken that chance....
I'm not going to college or Uni (despite all B- A* grades) because, after long and hard deliberation, I decided that if Eventing is what I'm going to dedicate my life to, I need to go now and learn as much as I can.
I'm 16 and will be moving away from home in Sept time to a working pupil placement. Wow.
My parents have come round to the idea that I'm not a completely useless rider and that if I want to give riding proffesionally a go, I can't do it half heartedly. I need to thow myself in at the deep end and learn how to swim....fast!
So....slightly reflective....leaving all the friends I have made, family I love and my wonderful yard soon to go graft for an idol doing stupid hours! I know how much hard work and dedication this needs and I know there will be moments where I have to dig deep and ask myself serious questions.
Its a big risk but I'd rather throw myself into it with everything i have and pull it off and be who I want to be, or bow out respectfully; rather than 20 years from now..sat in an office miserabley staring at the chewing-gum grey ceillng wondering what could have been....had i taken that chance....