# @morganstuart18 on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2019-03-07T00:13:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Morgan Stuart (@MorganStuart18) — https://gondola.cc/MorganStuart18

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| Part 3 |
Creating Identity Outside of Sport

I clearly can go on and on about this part of your life, but I’ll stop typing after this last note:

You’ll be known as “the softball player” for a while. You’ll even be known for your achievements or for what your team did for years to come- so it’ll be hard to find YOU since people are constantly putting you in a box that THEY can understand.

This part of life is about you getting a say in how you’re defined.
There are no lines to color in between.

Be creative.
Be different.
Do what you want because you’re going to have to feel out a lot of different things before you digest that there’s no coach assigning you poles when you show up late for workout.

You’ve been in a relationship with softball for years and it’s a hard and lonely breakup.

But I’ll tell you what- getting to know yourself all over again makes up for the emptiness you’ll feel in the beginning.

The work is worth it.
When you feel the freak out coming- take a breath and remember your story is going to look different than the people you follow...on that same note, please remember that behind every success story was a lot of epic or a lot of little failures.

Even though your time playing is coming to an end, your biggest at-bats are still ahead. I’m pulling for you. 
And you can’t strike out if you just keep stepping up to the plate.

#identity #maximizefailure #sport #realwork #adulting #softball #girlsinsport #athlete #growingup

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identity, maximizefailure, softball, sport, realwork, adulting, girlsinsport, athlete, growingup

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