A Little More About Me

I suppose I'll call these my hobbies:

Instead of droning on about different majors and colleges that are within my realm of possibility, I'll throw in a firsthand account of my own guilty pleasures.

(I apologize in advance if my subjects become scattered. My brain works that way.)
If you view the general population, I doubt you could find one person that would not like to make their hobby in to a career. For the most part, a person's hobby begins to decline in practice due to "real world" activities (mainly work and family). I, for one, hope that these future nuisances do not interfere with my creative mind's doings. Don't get me wrong, I am a realist. The possibility of my hobbies aligning with a future career that can support me and a family is slim, but I don't see any harm in humoring myself. I suppose it's about time to interrupt this captivating intro and get right in to the subject at hand; my hobbies. 

My hobbies can be separated in to three different categories:

• Soccer: I first started playing soccer at age 5 in a rec league. It was co-ed and really, just for fun. I continued in this rec league (South Bay) for many years, improving a lot over the years. I played on a team called Fusion starting at age 6 and continued to play with that team until age 14. That team was like my family. We went through our bad seasons, and our winning seasons together. We were all such close friends, and that is completely irreplaceable. Once we were all 12 years old, we felt that we needed to apply our skills and move up to a comp league. We had a good first two seasons, and from there it went downhill. Many people left the team, and we received new players constantly. The team eventually broke up, and I started becoming a little more serious about soccer. I started playing keeper at about age 7, and still play that position today. My first "true" keeper training began my freshman year when I made the Girls' Varsity soccer team. My previous coach from Fusion keeper trained me on a daily basis for an entire season. I then joined a more competitive soccer team where I received one-on-one keeper training from a coach there, as well. This greatly improved my technical skills, and overall skills. Once I realized my own potential, this is where my passion for soccer really transformed. I looked forward to practice on a daily basis, and even though some trainings made me puke out of difficulty, I still enjoyed them. I'd have to describe soccer as more of a passion, rather than a hobby. However unlikely, it will forever be a dream of mine to play professionally on the USA's Women's National team. I plan on carrying out my soccer career up until the end of high school, and if given the opportunity, all throughout college. 
• Reading: I have to admit, I'm somewhat of a book nerd. I have a growing list of 70+ books that I plan on reading, and my most prized possession is my book shelf. I have a huge spectrum of different genres of books I read. (I even occasionally indulge myself in the classic teen romance fiction to satisfy the teenage side of me.) My floating bookshelves have yet to be installed, but soon! I've always loved reading, ever since the Magic Tree House series. A few key series like Harry Potter or A Series of Unfortunate Events truly caught my interest and sucked me in to the world of books. I, for one, can never choose a favorite book. It is usually the book I read last. Changing topics into why I love reading, is it's an easy escape from reality. Despite how cliche that sounds, it is all too true. I'm able to pick up any book and engage myself in a whole other world, with different people, and different situations. I don't think I can express my love for reading in any other way. I don't really understand people who say they "hate reading," but I suppose it is just their loss. Maybe they'll come around one day.
• Poetry: Oh, yes. Another teenage girl that has a fascination with poetry. On the bright side, I am thoroughly convinced I would win Augustus Waters' approval in the fact that my love for writing poetry does not surmount my love for reading poetry. (Please tell me at least someone gets my reference to The Fault in Our Stars. This book, among many, is a guilty pleasure of mine.) I suppose my hobby of reading and writing poetry sparked in 8th grade when we were given an assignment towards the end of the year to write two poems. The poetry section we had just finished had me pretty excited, and I completed the assignment with ease. I realized how nicely I could make my words flow, and what an easy way of expression this was. I began studying different types of poetry on my own time, and even writing my own poems. I've been doing this nonstop since 8th grade, and I never get bored of writing or reading. Since I was never the artistic type, I never had a true way of creatively expressing myself, but poetry filled in that gap for me.

Now, you may ask, how does this encapsulate my future? Well, my hobbies will always be apart of me, no matter what the future holds for me. Even if I cannot turn my hobbies into my career, I will always engross myself in such pleasures. I'll attempt to balance my monotonous every day life with these hobbies in hopes of reserving my sanity. I hope I have intrigued you all once again with the ties between my hobbies and future career prospects. Please, hold the applause. (I should have added sarcasm to my list of my hobbies).