The event: Life

The competition: Control of our feelings, activities, plans, thoughts and goals.

Judging: Should and must only be done by individual.

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FINAL STANDINGS

GOLD = You SILVER = Family BRONZE = Friends ALSO RAN = Work/career

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At least that's how it should work out. But all too often, we manage to put ourselves out of medal contention by putting too much emphasis on other parts of our lives. We end up backstage watching other areas of our life get rewards.

In long run, while we keep hoping for a better life and more control, our work gets best of our lives, friends and family get our attention when we can squeeze them in, and we often left sitting back thinking about what we could have been.

Before it gets too strict, we need to understand that different areas of our life will take precedence over others at times. Different happenings will need our attention. Our responsibility will be in what we do about things.