Journeymen

Be the one that goes all in

This week kicked my ass, to be frank. On top of early mornings, standing in the cold air and working out at 6:00 in the morning, managing eight classes, and keeping my sanity to myself. I learned a lot of lessons this second week. Last week, I volunteered to help with my Flight for our flight’s mascot, a Guidon. Our guidon was called the Hellbadgers, a fierce but dedicated creature representing our attitude and determination. My flight is a solid cadet group that gives it their all every time we are together. We are loud and motivating to all who seem to need a little bit more of a push, even if they aren’t on our flight. We all lined up for PT on Wednesday morning and competed in a speed workout competition.  We were ready and determined to win, our flight commander hyping us up even more, our need to win. We had a certain amount of workouts to complete, and we all had to strategize to get it done. Not all cadets had to do the workouts, as long as they competed in at least one. So we got to work and pushed ourselves; we chanted and pushed, yelling at each other. At that moment, I fell at home, as if there was I was supposed to be. Working out and motivating each other to win. We had no idea who was ahead of us or if we were first, but we kept working out and pushing harder until we realized we had beat all five other flights by 4 minutes. We were so proud and happy of ourselves, cheering each other on. 

We lined up for the end of PT and listened to who the winner was, and to our surprise, even though we won by a good margin, the higher-level cadets called A Staff took the title of winner. It felt like a shot in the gut, but we stood tall and clapped, not saying a word. We knew who won and knew what we were capable of. It did not destroy us but built us up, knowing who we were–HellBadgers. We celebrated in our flight meeting afterward and laughed about it all. We could do anything as long as we had each other and our flight. 

This attitude carried on with me for the rest of the week. I keep my head up and push through no matter what happens. I understood it wasn’t the cold that beat me down, the amount of work I had to do, or the physical activity I had to keep up with, but my mindset and character could be the only thing that could destroy me. The picture above reminded me this week that through the dark clouds, there is light always. It depends on where we put that focus and what we choose to affect us. Always be the one who goes all in to complete what needs to be done. Ultimately, we decided this and are the only ones who can accomplish it for ourselves. 

Thank you!

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