Risk Taking 101-- Chapter 1

Risk Taking 101—Welcome Back to School.

Risk Taking 101—Chapter 1

By Brandt Danals.. But please.. Call me B

Okay.. Well now that camp life is over and I’m forced to go back to the real world.. If you can call college the real world.. You would think that I wouldn’t have nearly as many entertaining things to write about. For the most part I’d say you are right.. But college life.. as you can imagine presents its own comical happenings. I’ll get to them in a bit.

For now though…

Most of you are probably wondering about the name of my new blog, Risk Taking 101. Here’s the reasoning. Lately.. Well I guess, more so over the course of about the last four years I have been trying to live my life in this way; Life is full of risks. A lot of times in life you come to a chance where you may have to do something you aren’t too sure about, a risk. You are faced with the choice of taking the risk, or not taking it, and what you decide could have lasting effects that you will have to learn to deal with. So life is full of risks. People everyday make decisions, which in some cases, change their lives forever. A few years ago, when I first came up with this theory, I realized. “How can you get anywhere in life, if you aren’t willing to take some risks?” Basically, you have to be willing to put yourself on the line, with the hopes of getting something great, something better than anything you’ve ever had before, something that has the ability to change your life. And that my friend is what Risk Taking 101 is all about. Every time I’m presented with a chance to take a risk like the ones I just described, I’ve found my inspiration to write.

I wont talk about a specific risk for me I guess, but I will give my advice to people out there who are hoping for relationships and wondering what if about someone else out there in the world. Don’t be afraid to tell someone how you feel. It’s normal to feel that way, but be willing to take that risk. Who knows.. maybe, just maybe some part of them feel the same. At the same time, if you never get the courage to say something you may never know. Now lets be honest.. There is always that chance that they’ll blow you off and you’ll scare them away. However, there is the same chance that they might be holding on to the same things inside of them. So fuck it.. don’t live with a plan.. don’t live scared to do what your heart is feeling.. Because listen.. No matter how much you tell yourself not to feel that way. No matter what your mind is telling you, you can’t change what’s in your heart.

Okay.. enough of that, I’ve thought about it way too much lately.. lol

I guess I’ll tell you a little bit about college, though not much has happened as of yet..

The team has a whole new look.. eight new players.. all from different places.. all with crazy individual personalities. I’ve heard the “N” word more times already in about 2 weeks, than I have maybe in my entire life. I’ve also been called the “N” word more times in about 2 weeks than I have my entire life. The guys are cool though.. Our team is WAY more athletic than in previous years, and there is a lot of excitement going around about the season. Hopefully by sometime later this week I can feel my legs again, because conditioning and lifting has taken the feeling in them away.. ha

Nothing else too exciting.. the normal parties.. females.. friends.. room.. etc.. Four years of this.. nothing gets too exciting anymore.. I’ve seen most of it.

Well I guess that’s all for now..

As always…

Much Love,

B