Moulding a Life for You Finding an enjoyable and fulfilling job can improve your happiness and transform the way you see the world. After all, it was Confucius who said: "Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life." However, tracking down a career that compliments and moulds to your life can be a difficult task. A Passion for Athletics When I was ten, I used to wager with my sister that I would be playing in the National Football League when I came of age. Growing up, the only limitation to making my dream a reality was my imagination and it was my imagination would help me turn my love of sports into a life-long career. When I attended university on an athletics scholarship, I quickly realised that, no matter how much I just wanted to focus on sports, I’d need a solid grasp of academics …show more content…
Almost as if by fate, a ski coach position opened up at the NSCD for the following season. The job meant that I would be running the ‘sit ski’ program and coordinating around 300 volunteers; a challenging and incredibly rewarding position. I landed the job and absolutely loved it! Working part time, I was able to spend a lot of time pursuing my own interests, getting involved in activities like scuba diving, water skiing, off-season ranging, hand cycling and off-road wheelchair racing. It was through all of my extra-curricular activities that I finally came to the realisation that I was happy. I was content with my job and loved all the down time I got. Unfortunately, given the nature of my work, I was only able to work in the winter and considering the low pay, I struggled to support myself when I wasn’t working. For this reason, one of my mates and I decided to start up a new progressive sports organisation, promoting the healing benefits of sport to people of all abilities and disabilities. My Dream Became a Reality: ‘Adaptive