Health And Fitness
For weeks I kept wondering if I was going to have it and food was cheating me. No one has ever said that I shouldn’t exercise. I started thinking about what my future held for me so that I can finally move up in life and “go the distance”. Yes, you read that right, yes, I’m talking about that. This got me thinking about all the stats I had been doing over my friends, classmates, family, and even my friend's career path. Personally, I was an at-risk-teen, haven’t I mentioned? That’s exactly why I wanted to go for one career path, and that’s the police. I wanted to wear the badge and ride the bike and help my community out.
Back in 1999, there was a time for the age of Baby Boomers, I was under 36 and I didn’t have the right emotional range. I’m not trying to be a baby boomer cop by any means but it seemed like a good idea. Not a lot of kids my age who are going to college put 80 cents into their pretzels and a sandwich all the time. It made it harder for me to stay up on my academics than for my peers. That was definitely a reason why my parents encouraged me in reading a lot and studying the many changes that take place in our society. I loved what I was doing, being near my family as well as having my own relationship. However, I felt I wasn’t going in the right direction and decided I needed a change.
I enrolled at the local community college and found my way into the College of Criminal Justice, I have been on my way to my dream job with the name of becoming a full-time cop. I still spent a lot of time filling up my head with the DTA and reading about why I should and shouldn’t.
I began doing physical training in the gym and I was a fan of cardio exercises. I started telling myself that if I could do 45 minutes of cardio exercise, two to three days a week, I would eventually have it. Before I knew it, my friends would tell me that I should see a trainer work on my fitness. I was very determined to reach my goals and get into a police academy. I did a one-mile run with every class, every day. I also stopped using the couch potato method and instead said “Wait till my friend sent me this fact, starting with cardio exercise is the key to a healthier lifestyle!” she told me and I felt a weight lifted off my shoulders.
My friend and I started writing our articles as we went, got our terms finished, and started to work on our projects. After a series of tests, I passed these which means I should be able to start my job in December. For a while, it seemed like I was going down the right road and that I was on my way to be a police officer for my town. But now I’m back on my “how far I can go and still not get over this feeling” scale. For a long time, I was left with no answers. Now I’m completely at my wit's end. I don’t know what my future will hold. I must assume that I’ll still be here putting in every bit of my soul in order to be able to do this.
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