Track And Field Autobiography

High School Track and Field Another experience which impacted my development in adolescence was participating in track and field in high school. This was the first organized sports team I had been a part of since playing tee-ball in kindergarten, so I was undeniably outside of my comfort zone. This experience impacted me most in the social and self- domains, which will be addressed in the following paragraphs. Social One outcome of my participation in track and field was a change in how I interact with others, especially strangers. I was always a shy child, which was likely exasperated by growing up in a small town and attending schools where everyone knew each other, at least in passing. Before joining the track team, I was rarely required to

The last social outcome from participating in track and field was that I became less focused on receiving social acceptance from any one individual. This was partly due to my expanding social circle. I now have different groups of friends in different areas of my life. If my class friends suddenly did not accept me, I could, for instance, turn to my track friends. I also became less focused on social acceptance because I realized that if someone would not accept me, I could always find people who would, just as I had found people who accepted me when I joined track. I try to remember and apply this lesson today by forming and maintaining friendships in lots of different areas of my life, so I have support from many different individuals. Being on the track and field team encouraged me to try on new roles and develop my identity. Before joining the team, I was in a period of identity foreclosure, as I had already decided who I was, and I was uninterested in changing. After joining the track team, however, I was interacting with new people and trying new things, which made identity exploration almost