Somebody drove you to 5 a.m. swim practice for years and never got to sleep in either.

GRATITUDE

WHAT THIS MEANS

Your early mornings were somebody else’s early mornings. Every session meant an adult up at half past four, scraping the windscreen, sitting in a cold car park, then going to work on the same amount of sleep, for years. You were the one training. They were doing the hours anyway.

Say thanks for the driving specifically, since that is the part that cost them their bed. Then ease it where you can: be ready before they are, carry your own bag, get a license, learn the bus. When you are old enough to do the driving for somebody else, do some.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Who gave up their mornings so you could train?

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