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At the start of season 3, I just found out that I had made the softball team. It was indeed a unique opportunity for me as it was the first time that I made the softball team. My first thoughts were that I had to develop many skills in order to be successful in this particular sport.

First and foremost, I had to pay utmost attention to the advice that was given to me by my coaches since they were the experts of the game and I realised that it was important for me to pay attention to them as well as talking the initiative to go and ask them questions about what I needed to do and that would not only benefit me but the entire team as well since softball is a team sport and it was something that I felt that I needed to do in order to benefit the team. In the future, if I am in a situation like this, I would find out more about it before joining the season.

At the start of the season, it was very important for me to portray skills such as perseverance and resilience as there would be many instances where I would feel like this is not the right thing for me, however, if I continue to be resilient and perseverant, it would be good enough for me to continue this journey and hopefully it would prove to be fruitful for me.

In Season 1, I had the opportunity to be a part of the softball activity that took place on Wednesday mornings before school commenced. Hence, one of the main challenges that I faced was to wake up early in order to make it for softball at 6:30 in the morning. Taking into consideration all the work that I have in all my classes, it was not easy to manage my time where I was able to finish all my work, get a good nights rest and then make my way to school for Softball. But, as time passed by, I was able to overcome that problem and complete all the tasks that I had due. Hence, the main challenge that I was faced with by being a part of this activity was the organizational aspect.

During the course of this particular activity, I was mainly able to improve the batting aspect of my game which I always thought was a weak point in my game. However, with practice, I was able to understand the nuances of batting and with time, I was able to get the hang of it.

In Season 1, I had the opportunity to be a part of a local service by the name of Lighthouse motor skills. By involving myself in this service, I was able to learn many new skills and qualities which I was unable to do so in previous instances where I was involved in a service.

Since I had been a part of a local service before, I was aware of the proceedings and what I should strive to achieve during the course of this service. Being a part of the service, it was natural that there were many challenges that I would encounter. First of all, this particular service consisted of visually and hearing impaired children and the main challenge of being a part of this activity was to convey instructions to them because they were not able to follow what we were saying. Hence, it was important for us to communicate via sign language as that was the only way through which they were able to pick up and understand what we were trying to get them to do. In my opinion, the main risk that I took throughout the course of the service was interacting with the kids from the school that we were helping because I was unaware about their likes and dislikes and hence I was also unsure whether or not they will cooperate with me. However, I took that risk and luckily for me it paid off as the children tried their best to understand what I was trying to convey to them without reacting in a manner which suggested that they were not interested in it. Although this was one of the major risks that I took, I still believe that one thing that I was unable to achieve was that of getting all the kids to understand what I was trying to convey as there were a few of them who were in their own world. Hence, I strongly believe that I will be able to achieve the goals that I set before joining this service if I am able to reach out to all the kids and get them to be a part of the activities. Throughout the service, I had managed to develop the skill of patience as it was important for me to remain patient with the kids if they were to gain most out of this experience. Although there were times where I felt like I should not be as patient, I held on and that has helped me significantly.

Since this service involved me dealing with children with special needs, I realised how lucky I was to have the things that I do today and whenever I start cribbing about something, I should realise that there are many kids who do not have access to these and I should feel privileged about what I have and not take anything for granted.

In order to connect with the children in the future, I should focus on making my points clear and communicating effectively. I should also be able to understand and cooperate with them as there will be times when they will be unable to understand what I am trying to convey to them thereby making it important for me to follow what they are trying to convey to me.