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listening to my guest ep on the ShaneCast and listening to myself talk about a percentage of what I’ve been through has me in awe because of how well I – to this day – carry myself. I’ve been an athlete for as long as I can remember and growing up with that weight on your
back should definitely be considered a superpower. Looking back to a lot of what is my trajectory as a kid up to what I am now, I think it’s fair to say that there’s a good number of people that would’ve given up halfway, or would’ve chosen an easier route. I never did that.
(I do tend to whine and complain a lot but) I’m only 20 and there’s so much a person can say about my dedication and perseverance and how I’m still standing today trying to be and do better. I deserve this one.
This episode was only a bit of what I do in life, a bit of my struggles but it already made me realise so much. I truly do take myself, my strength and my abilities for granted and there’s no way I can just live by the words of other people. I need to recognise it myself.
And to think that there’s so much more… I did sports yea but I’m also a young woman in a misogynist community, I’m a black woman studying in a white racist country, or living in a world where people decide what body or nose or feet size goes, and every day is a new challenge.
I believe I rose to the occasion every single time, to the best of my abilities. Making mistakes and learning. Listening and teaching. I’m here, I’ve persevered and I have such a long way to go.
Obviously none of this comes easy, I have my triggers, fears and anxieties... I still have a lot to learn bc I don’t have anything figured out and I’m still on to make some big mistakes but I still got a long way to go and to know that I DO have the strength to push further
despite any of this happening and what’s still to happen says so much about the type of person I am today... and I definitely forget to praise myself for that at times.
thank you @trashandsure for this moment, it definitely opened some doors which I probably had shut mentally. It’s making me see myself from a different perspective, and I think this is something I’ll be listening to over and over because there’s so much that can get taken away
as a lesson... I never really understood how much someone else’s story can help you work on your own, how it can inspire even if you’re from different professional fields/age groups until Allan made me realise that anyone could relate to mine even if they had never swam.
Kinda wished I had a platform to share more stories but 
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen"> this one was good enough.
long ass thread but I do owe myself a huge apology for overseeing a lot of of what was power and diminishing that into weakness or some other negative feeling. This has made me see things differently and I’m positive it’ll only fuel me to be better for myself. I really deserve it
go listen to the ep if you haven’t already :) and all the other ones bc Allan’s doing a great job at getting to the core of many faces we’re so used to seeing on our feeds and timelines but have no idea what stories they carry x https://linktr.ee/shanecast ">https://linktr.ee/shanecast...
