Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around. ↗
Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character. ↗
It was a lot to get used to, especially in warm-ups with the wind all over the place. As the meet went on it steadied out, so I was able to get some good looks to go back and train from. ↗