My Team’s Winning Streak Is Shorter Than My Patience
Do you have a favorite sports team? I do. I have my favorite sports teams for every season. When I was younger, I let my sports teams determine how I felt. If they won, I felt great. If they lost, I felt miserable. Now, I’m not too much into wins and losses determining how I feel. I’ve learned to enjoy the game. And I’ve learned to see it as entertainment and a game (I really don’t believe what I just wrote, but I needed some filler)l. LOL Being a fan of a sports team is good for us. It allows us to relate to other people who have a similar favorite. It gives us something to talk about on Monday morning at work. It provides us with entertainment from talk shows where the talk show host thinks they have all the answers and are smarter than the coaches. Of course, we will never be satisfied until our team wins the championship. Coming in second place that’s for losers. Only the championship counts. That kind of thinking is going to get a lot of bad days. Well I hope your teams do well and have great success unless they’re playing my teams. If they are playing my teams, I’m hoping my teams win by a big enough score that I don’t have to worry and keep going to the fridge every 10 minutes to feed my anxiety.
Points to Ponder
- Do you let your team’s wins and losses shape your happiness, or do you focus on the joy of the game itself?
- How has being a sports fan connected you to others in ways you might not have expected?
- What lessons—positive or frustrating—have you learned about life from following your favorite teams?
- Is championship-or-nothing thinking a motivator or a recipe for disappointment?
- How do you balance passion for your team with keeping perspective when the final score doesn’t go your way?