Risks

Everyone has taken a risk in there life and if they say they haven’t they are lying. Whether it is something small or drastic everyone has taken a risk. In my lifetime I have taken many risks, most of them where simple. Actually I can’t really remember any crazy life or death risks I have taken. I always think before I put myself in a bad situation. If it is too crazy I simply will not do it. There is a difference between risking something and stupidity. Risking your life is always stupid.

            In my lifetime I would say most mf my risks have been taken in sports. When I am wrestling and I am losing I take a risk. Lets say I am losing the match by three points. My opponent and me are on our feet and there is less then thirty seconds left. My only option to win is to hit a big move. By big move I mean a throw of some sort. I need to get two points for a takedown and back points. At this point I usually try a move called a headlock or a lateral drop. They are both risky and do not always work. Sometimes I try them and they work and I jump up in joy and amazement that I won but other times I fail and there is not really to much of a lose because I was losing the match already. At this point there was no real fault to my risk. It was more of a last resort situation.

            Socially I take risks all the time. I am a very friendly person and am open to making new friends. The problem with this is I do not know the type of people I am making friends with. They could be the complete opposite of me and we could not get along. They may even think I am weird. I am not afraid of this because I always just act like myself. Someone should accept me for who I am and not some fake person. When I meet knew people I do not see it as intimidating I just act myself and take the risk of them judging me poorly. Along with social I have taken many personal risks like honesty. Not so much honest but I think lying is more of a risky situation. When I was younger I used to lie all the time. I took the risk of staying out of trouble or getting caught lying and getting into even more trouble. I usually ended up getting caught and into more trouble. Now I do not lie as much to my parents. Only little white lies that come out when I get scared to tell the truth.

            I also take academic risks. Sometime I go all out for a project in hope that I get a good grade. I may go all out and spend hours on the decorations and such but in reality I did all the actual work wrong so I get a C for a grade. All that hard work for a C makes me angry. Other times I do not try at all and get an A. this makes no sense to me. Despite a few bad results I usually end up getting good grades when I take a risk on my grades. I could say things work out for the best.