GOV TEACHER

Mrs. Trigoboff

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3) Don’t do it alone. Take a hike with your husband. Play pickle ball with your parents. Schedule a barre class with your best friend from the 3rd grade. Join a co-ed soccer league. Create a community and be active within it.

4) Seek and accept help from others. You will face adversity. You will break your wrist snowboarding. You will need help cooking and cleaning and putting binder clips on your stack of AP Government papers. Take it graciously, and when it’s your turn, give it abundantly.

5) Make peace with modifications. The options available to you today may not always be there for you, and that’s ok. Use free weights instead of the bar. Get your cardio on a stationary bike instead of running. Let go of what doesn’t serve you and embrace what does.

6) Seek struggle. When setting a bike resistance level for spin class my RPM instructor says “choose a weight that scares you - something you’re not sure you can maintain.” Live this advice - if you’re comfortable, you’re not going to see progress.

7) Do it for you. Don’t do it for the gram, the tok, for anybody or anything else. Comparison is the thief of joy.

8) Practice gratitude. Thank your coaches. Thank the refs, even if you don’t like their calls. Thank your body for showing up.

9) Have confidence. Believe that you can do things and surround yourself with people who agree.

10) Listen to advice given by those with more experience than you (self-serving, I know, but still a good idea). You don’t have to make the choices we made, but at least give us a chance - we were Seniors once, too. Good luck, and see you out there.

- Mrs. Trigoboff