I have been playing the sport of golf competitively at my high school for a couple of years and I can say that there are ups and there are downs. Ups are getting the ball in on par while downs are getting the ball in on a triple bogey. Those ups and downs are a part of every sport, but with golf, there is one thing that makes it unique. You don't need to rush your play. You don't need to rush your play if you want par or birdie or even a bogey. Take it easy and take your time; something I have heard at almost every golf tournament. By coaches and by players; "Take your time". I have played other sports in the past: tennis and volleyball. Those sports are about getting to the ball as fast as you possibly can. If you're playing doubles in tennis and your partner misses the ball, you need to have a split-second decision. Same with volleyball. Split-second decisions, though, are not needed in golf. You don't need to run to your ball and hurry and hit to get a hole over with. You don't need to make split-second decisions when you're at the T-Box about to tee off. "Take your time". This mentality of taking your time has really been applied to my life in many ways. I tend to either get all my work done in the span of minutes or start it and never finish. By taking my time, I enjoy doing my work and actually learning what I am given. I take college-level Math classes and sometimes I will rush through math homework but forget what I did and how I did it. Or I will start an assignment one day, try it again the next week, and forget what to do. If I were to take my time doing my homework and write it down on scratch paper, I will remember how and what to do for certain homework assignments. "Take your time". My life these past few years has felt really rushed and has gone by way too quickly for my liking. My Freshman year is the only one that felt like a normal school year. My Sophomore year got cut short due to Covid and in my Junior year, I was home half the school year as well. This year, I have been doing a bunch of things that probably are making it appear faster than usual. There are some instances where I can't control it going by fast but still, I feel rushed to graduate. I feel like taking your time throughout high school should be a motto for high schools. Starting even before high school in junior high and even elementary school, people are rushing you to pick a career and college if you do go. Rushing to graduate high school, college, and start a career. I will be a first-generation college graduate so this rushing to get started is prevalent. "Take your time". As I have said before, golf has taught me to take my time in the sport itself as well as in my everyday life. People all around me tend to want to either slow down their life or rush through their life to get to their goals. I personally think that those people need to start playing golf, recreationally of course, and learn this important lesson. They need to understand that rushing through your life can potentially have serious consequences. You need to take your time throughout playing golf as well as throughout your life. Again, "Take your time".