Character

Two days ago I was talking with Mariah about just that and I was curious as to what other people thought about me joining crew. After all, did they really expect the girl who successfully got out of going to high school while still graduating, the person who lived for some time in a temple and meditated for eight hours a day, and skipped class to grab milkshakes and donuts with her best friends to join one the most intense sports? Nope, probably not.

This epiphany of course occurred to me on yet another oar run during practice this morning. Every weekday morning at 5:00am, 4 girls carrying and running with 2 oars for 1 mile. I wake up at 4:00 every morning when I really am not a morning person. I'm running miles and did 1000 push-ups in a day when I never used my free membership even though I work at a gym. And when crew went through ROTC boot camp for a day the lieutenant said, "In the army, you either become strong or smart." Immediately I thought smart- I would rather be smart. I'm really not built for crew at all.

And then I thought about why I joined crew. And I didn't think much of it at the time, I just signed up at an activity faire and then that was that. Why not?

And that's how I realized I have made most of my decisions in life.....through the use of "Why not?"

I didn't think I would live in Thailand or DC.

I didn't think I would get a role in the musical or one-acts last year.

I didn't think I would actually be ok at impromptu speaking.

I didn't think I would like TCC or hiking as much as I do.

And I didn't think that I would be as close to the people who I am today.

Many of experiences that have helped me to become who I am, have always been out of "character" and out of the box.

So even though this slightly more athletic Turi is pretty ridiculous and amusing, don't think for a second that I thought this through.