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Winter Dream Break
Everybody needs sometimes a break from everyday routine. To avoid or get rid of exhaustion and overwork, some people take an adventure, others prefer to stay at home with family and rest on the couch. When my time for the holiday finally came, I took part in skiing camp which taught me that you can rest by enjoying activities. The junior year at high school was really hard for me. I got overwhelmed in my sport, and I was always tired when I had to attend school and I could not pay attention. I was preparing for my swimming championships and living like a zombie; I saw how my good performance on competition started to change. The winter break was coming, and I was going to get a break from school, but in swimming there was no stopping due to the competition. My parents saw my problem and decided to release me from this killing routine. They talked with my coach and got permission for sending me to ski-camp to Italy. I got so excited for this camp because after three years break I was going to enjoy skiing down the hill again. This time I had no idea that this holiday will give me a valuable lesson about managing my life.
I got into the bus to Italy full of students like me. The teenagers were talking in groups, and my mindset changed immediately.I was glad to hear free conversations full of happiness, laughter, and positive energy, which seemed that they did not have any problems. This attitude made me feel relaxed and I stopped thinking about my issues. A pretty girl with long brown hair moved her bag from the seat next to her, in a way to invite me to sit with her.
“Hi! My name is Basia”, the girl smiled and we started talking about everything and I did not even noticed when I was already in Italy with a bunch of new folks who are my friends until this day.
On my first day of skiing, after meeting my instructor, we got on the Livigno mountain top by ski lift. When I was going up to the top of the mountain, the breathtaking view was getting wider and also becoming more stunning. I am so pleased that I had the opportunity to see something like that. The sun shone strongly, as a winter sun can shine. In the foreground, I saw a huge, georgous coniferous forest which was wrapped and covered in the white fluff. I had the impression that the soft caps hanging from the branches were warm and cozy. A little further somewhere on the horizon I could see how beautiful trees were widely stretched to the mountains and were covered with white snow, almost hurting my eyes its brightness. The sky above the forest looked beautiful. It was fresh blue, where the little clouds were magnetizing its delicateness. This sight made me extremely impressed and cleared my mind.
My mom as a ski instructor used to teach me the technique of skiing so I got to the advanced skills group on this camp. I was scared of my course intensity. I was sure that I would have too much work and I was not going to be able to rest or even enjoy this holiday. I was completely wrong. The atmosphere and pleasure from skiing were slowly filling me up with energy end strength. The new skills that I was learning were a healthy new challenge for me, which allowed me to open myself, something that I was missing in the last months.
The week camp went past in two shakes but gave me more than anyone expected. Three weeks after, on the Polish Swimming Championships, I was feeling relaxed and especially I was prepared. Throughout the holiday I was practicing legs strength so I have more endurance in swimming and due to the mountains highness, my lungs got bigger so I could hold breath more effective.
After this trip, I also realized that people who you surround with have impressive influence on your behavior, frame of mind, fettle, and comfort. It is important to understand your environment and find out if you feel good in this company. Now I am awere of consequeces being in incorrect ambiance.
I would never imagine that something I like and what includes interacting with people full of positive energy, and desire to help others, will influence me so much and will change the way I look at things this day. I was living in a world where a success and victories were the only things that were only thing everyone wanted to gain, but I never knew how it is devastating me inside.When I came back to school I stopped pushing myself too hard and following crowd. I understood that my body and mind need a rest if I want to compete and give my best in both activities, swimming, and school. Out of the physical condition that I acquired from this trip, the most important thing that I realized is that it built my character and my spirit. In just one week I understood what I was doing wrong in my life and I was so happy because I was going to be myself.
Finally out of this experience I realized that you can rest while doing different activities but, more important, I understood that even in every little activity of the day there is always a valuable lesson that we can take out. The decision is in our minds if we decide to see the good things in the activities and interactions we do. Just like I decided to see how my ski camp changed my mood, and performance in every aspect of my life once I came back to Poland. Finally my family was pleased to see me with another, better attitude because they did not see me depressed or exhausted all the time. I got new friends, a good result in the competition, and I managed my time in my way what made me more productive. I will appreaciate that valuable lesson for my entire life.