With the swim season nearing an end, I found some time to sit back and explore my athletic past.

It didn’t take too long.

The only thing I've ever really focused on athletically was dance, and as I got older I could never find a dance school that taught things I was interested in.

But last year I finally found something I love.

If you know me well, you have probably heard me harping on about my tae kwon do class a million times. I love it so much! I get to really challenge myself, work muscles I didn’t even know I had, and get the satisfaction that if someone ever tried to attack me I could kick some serious butt.

And to be honest, one of the main reasons I love it so much is because I am good at it. I can’t toss a Frisbee, shoot a ball in a basket, hit a home run, or run a mile in eight minutes.

But I can give a solid punch, kick 20 times in 10 seconds, and knock over a target. I even joined Kali, a marital art where you practice with weapons. I was so excited when my instructor told me that I was strong enough for the "big sticks."

Of course back at Uni it didn't really matter. I was still a poor runner, and I was a bystander when it came to sports. I did try to boost my interests in athletics by joining the swim team last year. The team was wicked fun. The swimming, as I predicted, wasn't exactly my strongpoint. But this year is where it gets a little crazy.

To sum it up: I joined the swim team, quit the swim team after a day, joined the volleyball team, quit the volleyball team after two days, joined the swim team again, joined the basketball team, and quit the basketball team before I even went to one practice.

I know there are probably some people out there snickering at me. But in my defense I didn’t just quit for random reasons. I had conflicts in swimming with my hearing impairment, problems with volleyball because of my schedule, and I fully intended to join the basketball team, but I needed to focus more on academics, and basketball took too much time.

But my success in martial arts made me want to try something new. Since tae kwon do isn’t exactly offered at Uni and neither is dance or cheerleading, I needed to sign up for something.

I did stay on the swim team, and I've had a much better season than last year. And despite my dislike of long-distance running, some friends have persuaded me to join track this year (I must be crazy) since I wouldn’t conflict with my schedule.

I guess I am just feeling slightly unbalanced. Here at school I am by no means the athletic star in any way, shape, or form. But when I start dancing or I go to my Kali practice, I can sense myself working 10 times harder, and I do really well. It does feel sort of weird.

In the future I want to also take boxing and capoeira. Let’s hope I am better at those than I am in fitness.