i’m sort of begging the general tumblr population who considers themselves against/above sports to think about why exactly that is. actually i think that there’s a lot that the Average Tumblr User would like about, say, baseball or hockey or basketball or football or volleyball or figure skating, etc etc etc. this goes for playing but doubly for watching. why do you preclude yourself from something you might enjoy. have you ever actually engaged with it or have you stereotyped yourself out of it. what would happen if you sat down to watch a game or competition of any given sport and enjoyed it. what if you found a bunch of other people that also enjoyed that sport. what if you picked a player or a team to follow. what if you let yourself get swept up in playoff season or the world championships. what if you allowed yourself to feel a little devastated when your favorite player loses the title or gets traded to another team. what if you experienced the full spectrum of human emotion and connection that sports could offer you. what then

So much peace to be found in realizing that social interactions are inherently “awkward.” People will always talk over each other or pause in a conversation or run dry for topics at times. It does not mean you’re uniquely horrible or that you don’t know how to socialize. I think it’s the way you react to it (either with anxiety or with nonchalance) that actually dictates how much weight it has. But even the most charming, most extroverted person on this earth has those momentary lapses that I think scares anxious (me included) people so much