I'm Ready for Change

The hardest part of the last five years for me has been feeling like I'm still trapped in my 2012 self. Things are getting easier but the countdown is tough. I'll be free from school or work in six weeks. I don't know what I'll be doing after that.

That doesn't bother me right now. I need to focus on my sports blog and my goals. As a child, I was a Grizzlies, Canucks, Mariners and Packers fan.

Here is the break down of what my teams did every year.

	Grizzlies	Canucks	Mariners	Packers
1993		Yes		Yes
1994		Yes		Yes
1995		Yes	Yes	Yes
1996		Yes		Yes
1997			Yes	Yes
1998				Yes
1999
2000			Yes
2001		Yes	Yes	Yes
2002		Yes		Yes
2003		Yes		Yes
2004	Yes	Yes		Yes
2005	Yes
2006	Yes
2007		Yes		Yes
2008
2009		Yes		Yes
2010		Yes		Yes
2011	Yes	Yes		Yes
2012	Yes	Yes		Yes
2013	Yes	Yes		Yes
2014	Yes			Yes
2015	Yes	Yes		Yes
2016	Yes			Yes
2017	Yes
2018

The yes, refers to if they made the playoffs or not. My favorite teams as a kid made the plays 48 times since 1993 and two Championships. I hope my math is right. In 1999 and 2008 all my favorite teams missed the playoffs. 2018 might be one of those years as the Packers need to make the playoffs to keep the streak alive.

In 2013, I hit rock bottom. I wanted freedom for once. My Dad would get grumpy when I got angry at sports losses and that wasn't fair because I have Cerebal Palsy and go through way tougher things on a daily basis.

I feel bad for ditching a few of these teams but it was what I had to do at the time. I'm not a bandwagon jumper and thankful that I'm doing better now.

I choose the Suns because my family has a place in Arizona, Mets because I was a fan before 2001 and Seahawks because I had a bunch of Seattle fans on my FB.

Here is my current table:

	Suns	Canucks	Mets	Seahawks
1993	Yes	Yes
1994	Yes	Yes
1995	Yes	Yes
1996	Yes	Yes
1997	Yes
1998	Yes
1999	Yes		Yes	Yes
2000	Yes		Yes
2001	Yes	Yes
2002		Yes
2003	Yes	Yes		Yes
2004		Yes		Yes
2005	Yes			Yes
2006	Yes		Yes	Yes
2007	Yes	Yes		Yes
2008	Yes
2009		Yes
2010	Yes	Yes		Yes
2011		Yes
2012		Yes
2013		Yes		Yes
2014				Yes
2015		Yes	Yes	Yes
2016			Yes	Yes
2017
2018

This table equals 46 playoff appearances and 1 Championship. This proves that I'm not a bandwagon jumper.

I'm going to do my best to plan something on my blog every day at 11pm so that I won't have any distractions when I write.

This process was hard on me and it really made me realize that you don't pick a team. A team picks you.