Sports Day

John winning his Father's race at the kids sports day!




I remember as a child getting butterflies in my tummy before doing the egg and spoon race! Yes I was and still am very competitive. My family (a large family) are all competitive, perhaps because of that struggle for attention (jumping up and down "look at me Mum! look at me Dad!") Or perhaps it is genetic or something. For what ever reason I have always had that tummy knotting feeling before anything competitive and given it my everything. As I have hopefully matured with age and experience (lol...) I have taken on board the fact that although competitive I have not been very good at taking on criticism and being a team player, I think the quote goes “If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive. If you want to be exponentially better: Be cooperative.” My little 7 yr old boy, Caleb, said to me at sports day before my Mum's race, "Mum it is not about winning, it is about having fun!" Out of the mouth of babes :) Although the butterflies do still come, I do have a lot more fun now in competitive situations, I think being a photographer and having had to submit a lot of work over the last year that has not always been a success, the skin thickens and the confidence grows and you realize that the only one responsible for making life fun is me! It's all about enjoying the competition rather than winning it - although I did win the Mum's race at my kids sports day HA!