# @lala_the_diver on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CvVRMyqADvP
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/36731615-lala-the-diver-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-07-30T18:55:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Laura Wilkinson🥇Athlete Mindset & Performance Coach (@lala_the_diver) — https://gondola.cc/lala_the_diver

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People have always told me, “You must have sacrificed so much to accomplish what you have.”

I’ve always thought that was a weird comment.

Yes I went to competitions instead of floating the river with friends.

Yes I trained during breaks when others took vacations.

Yes I left high school my final semester because they wouldn’t allow me enough days off to attend the international meets I qualified for.

Yes I left a full college scholarship to attempt to make the Olympic Team.

Yes I opted for no surgery and to endure pain for that same Olympic pursuit.

Yes, I chose to go off roading instead of taking the easy, smooth, straight forward path. 

But I CHOSE that.

I never felt like 
it was a sacrifice. It was what I WANTED to do.

And it’s not that I never had opportunities to do fun things, it’s just that what I CHOSE was more fun and exciting to me.

I made well thought out decisions in each one of those circumstances.

Every time you find yourself in a difficult situation, you have a choice to make. You may get it wrong sometimes (I definitely have), but be confident in your choice and fully commit yourself to it. Then it’s not a sacrifice, it’s something you get the OPPORTUNITY to do.

The perspective with which you look at things changes EVERYTHING.

If you want to start learning how to harness your mindset, go grab my free guide in my bio on the Top 10 Mental Skills that every athlete must have. Or you can grab it here:
LauraWilkinson.com/skills

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