Skateboarding Injury

Two weeks ago, I fell off my skateboard. Dirt solidified on the pavement after the rain stopped me in my tracks, sending me tumbling forward, and my board crashing into a bush in the opposite direction. I stood up and dusted myself off after no obvious injuries were detected. Returning my foot on the board, it felt weakened, unsure of whether it was unease after falling or something else. It happened so fast I hadn't processed it all. After a few more attempts, my intuition told me to go home.

Pain in my left ankle emerged, and I believed it would settle after a couple hours. I have a history of experiencing medically unexplained physical pain, so didn't think much of it. So, when I went to get an ultrasound for my ankle pain, I felt disbelief at peroneal tendonitis being the result. The fall seemed so minor it was difficult to comprehend.

It's led to me reflecting on determination and will in the face of unpredictable circumstances. When there's a crossroad after an undesired consequence, I have a choice. I can choose to give up skateboarding altogether after one fall. Alternatively, I can choose to refuse to let the reality of skateboarding again go without a fight, doing everything in my power to surpass this roadblock. This idea applies to anything in life, not exclusively skateboarding. We can choose to persevere, or we can choose to permanently give up in the face of life's obstacles, exiting without the long-term reward of breaking our own mental limits in what we thought we couldn't do.

Besides this, it's temporarily placed me in a situation of reducing swimming activity when my will and drive run in the opposite direction. When my routine is to train and be athletic, limiting that is crushing and frustrating. However, in playing the long-term game, overcoming this hiccup while minimising exacerbated injuries is a choice I've made, even if my present self is dissatisfied with it.