Kammys Musing

• I play basketball once or twice a week. The same ball size, the same court size with a professional basketball player (except the NBA).
• However, there is a huge difference between them and I. One picks it at their convenience, one picks it because it puts food on the table. Amateur vs professional.
• There are mornings that I don’t wanna play – so I continue curling in bed or doom scrolling.
• There was one night when I drove to the basketball court. 5 minutes away and I just felt weird – I think I did not get a proper sleep the night before, or it was a tiring day.
• I just did a U-turn, went back home and slept early.
• These are the “luxuries” that a professional person can’t afford. Like it or not, they have to show up, day in day out.
• Nowadays I understand what it means to be a professional in your field. Be it sports, singing, chess etc. You just show up everyday.
• Training sessions, conditioning class, watching videos, travelling. At times you get called up to the national squad to represent your country.
• Throw in the business side and sometimes it gets messier. You get traded not to your preferred team or the salary not within your expectation.
• Occasionally I’d watch videos about a day in the life of a pro hooper. Suffice to say, even with the money and glamour, it’s not a life I envy. Hats off to professionals around the world, no matter what profession you are in.

Until then, stay hungry, stay sane.