AWWWW Yeah! Gotta admit, I've been wanting to say that I was the Man since I started this blog! Finally, since this whole blog is about me, I get to be! I guess I could have chosen somebody random to be the Man like I have in the past (note: Man is always capitalized...) but, I wanna be the Man just once.
So I'm writing this post to pitch some of the ideas that I'm throwing around for what my personal narrative should be about. Here they are:1) The day I separated my shoulder and had a concussion. I was biking and flipped over my handlebars. I was thinking that I could do something kinda like the Bourne series. When I woke up I had no idea what was going on, where I was, or how I got there. I think it would be really fun to write, it just might be a little less original... (Thanks a lot Robert Ludlum [is not the man]).
What I Learned: I learned not to care so much about what people think. Or rather, not try so hard to impress people by doing dumb stuff.
2) I broke a vertebra one day skiing. I was with a buddy, who had fallen and hit his head against a rock so was unconscious above me. Meanwhile i hit a tree. I could talk a lot about the alternation of desperation for help and an attempt to stay calm.
What I Learned: How to handle difficult situations. When my help finally got there he panicked and was pretty useless.
Well this shows that my greatest teacher is pain. Its pretty clear. I do so many dumb things that end up hurting me but I can say I've learned a lot from it. Mostly how to recognize a bad idea... but not necessarily how to keep myself from continuing on and doing it anyways.
Oh my gosh you have been in the walls a lot! Any other serious injuries? I personally like the second idea cause there can be more than one person involved in the stressful situation so it might be better for the dialog? And there are more emotions involved so it might be easier to write on. Good luck!
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