thoughts, stories and travels
It's been a pretty chaotic few weeks here in Israel. I've always wanted to come here and part of me can't believe I actually am here. My coach was with me in Italy, but here I'm alone. Having a coach helps on the court a ton, but what I forgot is that navigating a foreign... Continue Reading →
tough parts of my lifestyle: I face failure literally every week and keep a positive attitude for your next match it's lonely. it's obvious that tennis is a lonely sport (no teammates and no coach on court) and it's also lonely off. I have my coach which helps a lot, but I'm not able to... Continue Reading →
I have had a positive feeling in my body since this afternoon. Feeling so happy. Not sure what caused it and I’m not going to try to analyze. I’ll just enjoy it. I hit with a friend today whom i met last week and i think i genuinely laughed hard for the first time in... Continue Reading →
Over these past 3 weeks, I've worked on everything here, but mostly my forehand. My forehand has always been a big shot for me, but I've never had true confidence in it. Not like my backhand. My forehand has always been a shot for me that's high risk, high reward, but in college I always... Continue Reading →
Today was the first really tough day. Tough in terms of facing mental barriers on the court. I didn't play the way I wanted to in practice. It just felt like I slipped into old habits, and I was completely discouraged on court. I was more angry at myself than I would have liked, but... Continue Reading →
I'm browsing the web like a regular dude, and I'm coming across these articles that say, "Do these 5 things everyday to become successful", "Find out the secret habit that Bill Gates does in the morning", "If you don't wake up at 3:50am and put ketchup on your cereal, then you can never be successful".... Continue Reading →
My first post that's not about tennis! This is a topic that's been on my mind recently. Here are some of the questions I'm thinking about: how can I truly accept myself as a person if I'm constantly improving? If I strive to develop as a person, is that a form of me not accepting... Continue Reading →