I’m average.
Like really average. I got above-average grades in school until I got to the part in school where things got hard and instead of leaning in, I leaned out and things crumbled.
Entering university? I got Bs. Not bad. Not great. Not stand out like some of my classmates liked to remind me. I remember the day I got my graduate job. We were sitting around the table and a friend said:
“Well, if Eve can get a graduate job, anyone can.”
Lol. Burn.
But she was right you know. And I want to tell you how an average person like me can make their dreams come true.
Expectations kill ambition
When I was 14 I played football at a high level.
I went on tour to Canada and played the best teams in the country, it felt like all I did was kick a ball around a field. Before that, I played for a local team.
When I was in the fancy shiny team with all these people watching, I crumbled. I hated the pressure. Everything felt so serious. It’s sucked the fun out of everything.
But when I was playing for my local team? I loved it.
The funny thing is, I played my best football playing for that local team. When nobody expects anything of me, that’s my happy place. I don’t like the weight of letting other people down on me.