I like to talk about an unexpected change in my life which happened a couple of months ago. I had been playing football for over 10 years to stay healthy and keep fit in shape as football is considered to be a high impact sport. I was able to improve my stamina, my tolerance, endurance and even patience thanks to football. My plan was to become a professional football player. However, my parents wanted me to focus on another file they saw that I couldn’t be a football player since I don’t have an in-n-talent. As a result, I decided to stop my performance in professional career in professional football, but I’ll definitely stay as an amateur one. You know, I changed my future plan. First of all, I struggled choosing a job and I worried whether it suits me in the future, whether I like it or it will be appropriate for me. By implication, now I want to become an English teacher. Preparing for teaching is difficult and stressful. That’s why from time to time I’m playing football with my old friends to feel refreshed and clear my mind. It actually gives me energy boost to continue standing but how do you say I’m regretting for this decision because I found another filed quite strange because for people who participated sport it’s difficult to be a customer to similar environment included me.
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I'd like to talk about an unexpected change in my life that happened a couple of months ago. I had been playing football for over 10 years to stay healthy and keep fit, as football is considered a high-impact sport. I was able to improve my stamina, tolerance, endurance, and even patience thanks to football. My plan was to become a professional football player. However, my parents wanted me to focus on another field, as they saw that I couldn't be a football player since I don't have an innate talent. As a result, I decided to stop pursuing a professional career in football, but I'll definitely stay as an amateur. You know, I changed my future plan. First of all, I struggled with choosing a job and worried whether it would suit me in the future, whether I would like it, or if it would be appropriate for me. Consequently, now I want to become an English teacher. Preparing for teaching is difficult and stressful. That's why from time to time I play football with my old friends to feel refreshed and clear my mind. It actually gives me an energy boost to continue studying. However, I'm not regretting this decision, because I found another field quite strange, as for people who participated in sports, it's difficult to adapt to a similar environment, including me.
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