Dear James, Daniel and Emily
I have generally always been a pretty fanatical sports fan. Loving Football, basketball and baseball in that order (although my love for baseball has waxed and waned over the years). Unfortunately while my love of sports has brought me great joy over the years it has also brought me some awfully low points.
The most recent NBA Finals was a warning sign for me if you will. What should have been a fun and exciting moment for me: my beloved Lakers were finally back in the Finals, turned ugly, stressful and bitter. And not just because they lost, although that certainly didn't help. No, I just found that I couldn't watch at all, I couldn't enjoy the games, and relax, win or lose. That was the first time that has happened to me. When I was younger, at the height of my sports fanaticism, I suffered through more dreadful losses, but I could always at least watch the games.
So after that debacle I was determined to get my priorities back in order. So while I have been following sports in the paper and online very day I was still surprised to realize that the first preseason game was on on Sunday night. And I was actually pleased to know that and just not care. I want to focus my fanaticism into what I read rather than what I watch. My goal is to watch a game involving one of my teams and just enjoy the game, win or lose. I don't know if I'm there yet, (probably not) I think it will be a slow process. But my annual excitement level about the beginning of preseason games is not nearly as high as it normally is, so I will take that as my first good sign.
As another step today I decided to forgo all Fantasy football this year. It's kind of disappointing to some members of my league but I want to spend at least a year of just watching football without caring about stats and wanting certain players to get yards or catches etc.
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