Written by: Estella Shrestha - 24007, Grade X
Posted on: 10 December, 2021
They say you have to have a goal in your life to succeed. Well, I have many hobbies and I am good at most of them. I like hanging out with my friends and family. I live with my mother, father, and brother. I am Yanzi and I am 19 years old. I love wrestling but my parents don't know about this. I know that they won’t support me, they want me to study in the medical field. My parents take wrestling just as my hobby and they do not want to take it further. But I do, wrestling is something that I have been passionate about for many years and I want it to make it my career. Nobody supports me. I recently participated in a wrestling tournament and this tournament was very important to me, if I win this could take me to a national level. And I can show my parents that I can be a wrestler and I am good at it. For this tournament, I have to go to a city which is far away from my house. I planned to lie to my parents by saying that I am going to stay at my friend’s house for a day. It all went well and according to my planning.
According to my parents, I am not allowed to be a wrestler because I am a girl and society doesn’t allow a girl to be a wrestler. Being a wrestler is hard. You have to go through a lot of things that can be good or bad. I deserve to be played at the national level, not only that I want to take it to the next level. Just like taking small steps at a time. I already have heard many useless things and more to come in my journey to become a wrestler. I am not ashamed or anything for who I am today, I know that one day my parents would be proud of me and my career. It was a great time in tournaments and one of the best experiences I had in my life. I won the title and came back home with a trophy. My parents at first were very angry and worried about me since I lied to them, I convinced them and I told them that I would play at the national level and again win, this time to prove myself and my skills. I began preparing myself physically and mentally. We had one whole month to prepare ourselves for the tournament.
Finally, the day that I was waiting for a long time had come and I was excited but nervous at the same time. It was very challenging for me as I was pressured to win. I really wanted to make this count and worth every effort that I have made to this day. The competition was head to head. But I told myself that I would not panic and give my 100% at this competition. Sadly I did not win, I felt very bad about it and my parents comforted me saying it’s okay. Surprisingly my parents told me that I did well and they were very supremely proud of me. I was still sad about not winning but happy that my parents were not disappointed and they would support me in the upcoming days.
