Sometimes I Try Too Hard

Like in the mornings and I am trying to pick out the perfect outfit.  And...(girls) you know when you want to get all glammed up for that one boy you admire at school?  Well...I haven't done that in a while.  BUT...I do get glammed up for myself.  I absolutely love makeup and fashion stuff.  It completes me.

But during a lot of mornings, I just stare at my huge closet (which is sometimes a burden) and try to decide what to wear.  I try on three different outfits, and NOTHING seems to work.  It frustrates me.  Because I have clothing! I just sometimes hit the clothing block.  Like writer's block.

I was at swim practice the other day, and was trying too hard.  My coach ALWAYS tells us swimmers that the secret to swimming fast is relaxation.  We must never say: "I tried so hard!" Because that is totally the opposite of what we are supposed to be doing, which is relaxing, making our swims effortless.
I stood on the block staring down at my toes, trying to align them perfectly straight, in fear that if they aren't, my start will be all jacked up and too high and lopsided.  I am not relaxed.  I feel my heart beating faster.  And when I do dive into the water, I try to go fast.  Notice the TRY?  On the second 25 yards, I tell myself: "Mallory what the heck are you doing?  Stop trying to go fast.  Just swim!"

And that is the case is many points of our lives. We try too hard to be perfect.  Maybe we try too hard to fit in.  We try too hard to please others.  We try too hard to be a rebel.  We try too hard to get that A.  We try too hard because we want to feel successful at something.


And this is the end of my post.

-Mallory

P.S.  Who are you, Anonydude?  (did I spell that right?) Of course I am still guessing! How am I supposed to know who you are if you comment as ANONYMOUS.  It's okay.  I have my theories on who you are.