I met Alexia a year before I moved into college. Not many people get that before move-in day their freshman year, but our situation is pretty peculiar. We play Division II women’s lacrosse and got recruited a good 2 years before we made our bed or ate dinner on campus. I met her at the school’s athlete open house, and we didn’t speak a word. It’s weird looking back because now, almost 3 years later, we can’t seem to be silent.
We always talk about how we’re the exact same person, yet we see the world completely differently. Then, after every life situation, we would talk about how we respond and what we’re thinking. I realized I tend to think about that a lot. Whether other people think the same way I do, or why I do things the way I do them.
It sounds complicated, but I promise you, it’s just a light-hearted conversation about what we think about.
Let’s dive into this: What kind of person are you? A Lexi? or an Emmalyn?
Scenario 1: Pickleball
Alexia likes singles; she does better when she knows she’s in control of a situation. Works better when it’s just her, and frankly, she would rather know she’s running around the entire time. For context, she went to Nike Nationals for cross country and holds multiple high school records. I know, she’s insane.
I, on the other hand, am the complete opposite. I work way better in doubles because I can communicate with someone about everything that I am doing. If I don’t, I get lost in my own thoughts, or I start giggling too much, I can’t focus or take anything seriously.
We both have so much energy we need to funnel it into sports, mine are more mental, and my thoughts start to jumble if I don’t talk it out or put it into my sport. Lexi has too much physical energy; she genuinely needs to burn it all out, and hyper-fixating on a sport helps her out.
Scenario 2: Organization
You learn a lot about yourself and other people when you’re packing for trips or events. Aka lacrosse traveling days. We ride in vans as a team when we’re heading to game and trust me, you don’t want to forget anything. Therefore Lexi and I make sure we don’t leave anything behind. We always talk about how much we think differently and this is where the teen “type c” went crazy on TikTok. It’s not type a where you triple check everything and you do it all ahead of time but it’s not type b where everything is at the last second and you don’t care about changing that habit.
Before I go to bed I make a mental check that I know where everything is in the morning, but I hate packing in the evening so it’s all left to be done in the limited time I have to get ready, pack my stuff, and load it into the car. Lexi always makes fun of me because when we’re leaving I ask her if she has everything she needs and I go through the mental list. However, I don’t typically do that myself in the morning, let’s just say I’m happy I haven’t forgotten anything important.
Moral of the story, make a list the night before and don’t forget to ask yourself too.
Scenario 3: Lacrosse
You can probably see a pattern. We’re both sports based people and of course lacrosse has the biggest impact in our lives. We are both absolutely obsessed with the sport and it feels like we can’t get enough of it. It’s a perfect outlet and playing together has created the best memories. However we play it very differently. Lexi is an aggressive player and sees the big picture of the game. It makes her an iso player and she drives to the goal a lot. I on the other hand am th exact opposite. I am a calm but fast player and I like details of the game. Off ball when I’m working to make things happen is what I gravitate towards. It makes us great teammates.
Scenario 4: Values
If you know me you know how much I love school. I absolutely love it. The ability to learn and grow academically is just so cool. I am so fortunate to be at a school that values us as athletes as well as college students.
Lexi and I talk all the time about our days and what we find exciting about our weeks. She talks all the time about how she can’t get enough of lacrosse and activity. Everyday she has to get her energy out somewhere whether it’s lacrosse, pickleball, running. I feel the same way to an extent. I love moving my body every day but I don’t have as much energy as she does to where I am bouncing off the walls if I don’t.
I do however have to be doing something at all times. Hint why I am starting a blog. I am very career motivated; I am striving to be a lawyer and even in high school I had a bad habit of agreeing to so many things that I was so busy. I loved it though I wouldn’t have it any other way.
It’s interesting that this is my first blog post, but I think it depicts who I am and how my first year at college made me really look into the kind of person I am. I am very particular, calm, and motivated. I am career-driven and often have a problem with checking on others before myself. Therefore, a blog will help me collect my thoughts, I’ll have fun doing it, and maybe someone out there can relate! Hi, welcome to my blog.
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