What the Madness of March Taught Me

3 𝑾𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔. 3 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔. 3 SEC 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔.

My entire March has been complete 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 (but in the best way possible), as I’ve had the opportunity to work my first Women’s and Men’s SEC Basketball tournaments, as well as the Gymnastics’ SEC Championship.

I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to work website operations and publish content to our conference site, as well as assist in maintaining our social platforms throughout each competition.

3 SEC Championships in 3 weeks = a lot of growth, so many great sports moments, and just plain old good vibes.

Here are 3 of my favorite takeaways so far this month:

1. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝘾𝘼𝙉 𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝘾𝘼𝙉𝙏, 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩.

There were so many different examples of lower ranked teams stealing the show these past few weeks -- each showing up, refusing to let their opponents/previous performances get the best of them mentally, and playing as hard as they could in that 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙘𝙩 moment. To see these teams' confidence carry them through each minute of the game, and allow them to come out on top, was a beautiful lesson in belief in self.

The same confidence was evident in the gymnasts who competed in their respective events this past weekend.

2. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅.

What matters most is what you do after the mistake is made. recognize it. learn from it. forget it.

…Chances are everyone else will too.

3. 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜.

but especially 12+ hour work days doing what you love :)