i finally got time to respond to @cameron’s piece. i’ve read it a few times now & every single time, i get emotional
camp has been brutal in its own way, early mornings at 3AM, the cold, endless marching drills that leave my legs screaming & this low‑key fear that i might trip & let the whole squad down…
a few days ago i almost fainted after parade practice, dizzy, heart racing, the whole world spinning. i remember sitting on the ground, gulping air, & thinking: what am i even doing here?
but then i kept reading, over & over your story about failing hard, almost losing it all because of a few weeks of living too soft & it honestly made me pause, because no, my experience doesn’t come close in weight or danger, the clip i just watched, but the lesson feels eerily familiar: preparation isn’t an activity; it’s a mindset and life always knows when you’ve shown up half‑ready
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maybe i should’ve done this camp training last year, or the year before, like I was supposed to… maybe i would’ve been stronger, faster, better but here i am, late but still here, showing up, grounded
still gathering most of my parade photos and videos and well, everything
but here’s a little peak just to say, i’m doing it 😅🫠
@cameron what do you think? 🫡 and thank you for sharing something so brutally honest. it weirdly made me feel less alone, like someone else also learned it the hard way… and kept going anyway 🔥 1 reply
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