Hi all
I started full-time work this year after finishing my degree. This means that, at most, I can train 2-3 times a week. This is in direct contrast with my early university years where I was able to train nearly every day and was able to fight as an amateur.
To be honest, I am finding this transition to be very difficult. I love Muay Thai/Boxing but, at the same time, I want to succeed at my job. Currently, investing time in one seems to be directly taking away from the other. Deep down I am incredibly jealous of some of my teammates who took easy jobs (think: freelance composer, waitress, part time personal trainer gigs) but as a result am able to win state/national championships. At the same time, I don't want to let go of my job given it pays $65,000 USD a year and, in twelve to fifteen year's time, this figure can balloon up to 250k+. Hell, I know people at the top of my profession who bring in millions a year.
Its really passion vs practicality here and I don't know what to do. I sit at my desk 9am-8pm most days and there are no clubs near me that do morning classes (at least not at an advanced level). I get upset thinking about it as I realise I'm wasting my physical prime (I'm in my early/mid twenties) and I don't really enjoy what I do (banking). But then there is also the sickening realisation that, even if I do take time off, there is no guarantee that I will become a champion and that...as much as I hate to admit it...I'm better at problem solving at my desk than I am in the ring.
I don't know...I just feel like I'm in a hard spot right now. Training is hard when people who I used to be able to better...people who I used to give advice to FFS...are now more decorated than perhaps I would ever be.
To the working adults of the dog, please let me know how you are able to manage your expectations and how you make the crossover from identifying as a "fighter" to something else (for me, a white collar worker).
I started full-time work this year after finishing my degree. This means that, at most, I can train 2-3 times a week. This is in direct contrast with my early university years where I was able to train nearly every day and was able to fight as an amateur.
To be honest, I am finding this transition to be very difficult. I love Muay Thai/Boxing but, at the same time, I want to succeed at my job. Currently, investing time in one seems to be directly taking away from the other. Deep down I am incredibly jealous of some of my teammates who took easy jobs (think: freelance composer, waitress, part time personal trainer gigs) but as a result am able to win state/national championships. At the same time, I don't want to let go of my job given it pays $65,000 USD a year and, in twelve to fifteen year's time, this figure can balloon up to 250k+. Hell, I know people at the top of my profession who bring in millions a year.
Its really passion vs practicality here and I don't know what to do. I sit at my desk 9am-8pm most days and there are no clubs near me that do morning classes (at least not at an advanced level). I get upset thinking about it as I realise I'm wasting my physical prime (I'm in my early/mid twenties) and I don't really enjoy what I do (banking). But then there is also the sickening realisation that, even if I do take time off, there is no guarantee that I will become a champion and that...as much as I hate to admit it...I'm better at problem solving at my desk than I am in the ring.
I don't know...I just feel like I'm in a hard spot right now. Training is hard when people who I used to be able to better...people who I used to give advice to FFS...are now more decorated than perhaps I would ever be.
To the working adults of the dog, please let me know how you are able to manage your expectations and how you make the crossover from identifying as a "fighter" to something else (for me, a white collar worker).