Assignment 21- Stone Poole

My biggest obstacle is a challenge and pressure. I feel like everyone in my life expects me to do amazing in schools and in the pool. My parents won't allow less than an A in every class but I'm also expected to go to practice everyday and my family keeps asking me what college I'm going to swim at and what I'm going to study or what high up job I'm going to have. I feel like just because I'm a great student-athlete I have double the pressure and everyone is challenging me to be great at both. I'm supposed to find a way to maintain grades, continue to improve in the pool, get enough sleep, live life like a teen but also prepare myself for the future. I just don't know how to do it. I try to relax myself by playing cool and laughing and always trying to lighten the mood but then when I come face to face with that it's scary. Everyone in my life has a different idea of what I'm going to do in the future except for me. What if I don't meet the expectations? Thats my obstacle and I haven't gotten over it yet. It's with me every night when I go to sleep.