Anna Shcherbakova: “I thought that a person who has won the Olympics would be the happiest person for the rest of their life. However, I experienced the happiest moments on the path to my goal, not when I finally reached it.”
Translation of Anna Shcherbakova’s comments about winning the Olympics.
original source: “Golden Apple” youtube channel
Anna Shcherbakova shared how her victory at Beijing-2022 affected her. Here’s a translation of her comment made “Golden Apple” youtube channel.
“Anna Shcherbakova: For some reason, I had the mindset that a person who has won the Olympics would be the happiest person for the rest of their life. The notion that they would wake up every morning with the thought that they are an Olympic champion, and this would bring some incredible joy constantly, 24 hours a day.
However, I faced the opposite story – after winning, you experience a kind of emptiness. You have spent all your resources so much that you have no strength left to rejoice, to grieve, or to live through any emotions. Probably, it takes me quite a long time to recover from it, not understanding what’s happening.
I never stopped doing something at any moment. It wasn’t like I locked myself at home and didn’t go anywhere, although, of course, I wanted to.
I think it’s important for any person to find their favorite thing, something they don’t need to force or persuade themselves to do. Something that will always bring eagerness and a desire to get better, to move forward. There will always be goals that one wants to achieve and attain.
I believe it’s also an important point – not to live just for the final goal, the end result, and to think that once you achieve it, that’s when you will be the happiest. Instead, you should enjoy the moment and the journey. Now I can say that I experienced the happiest moments on the path to my goal, not when I finally reached it.”
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