I played volleyball in high school. Mainly because it was the only girls’ sport that was offered at my school. But I’m not really into sports. Not football, basketball or soccer. Not college. Not professional. Baseballs ok because I understand the rules, but the rest of it - you can have it. I’m pretty indifferent even when it comes to championship games. I actually googled names of the teams playing in the Super Bowl this year so I wouldn’t look like an idiot when people asked me who I was cheering for, but normally I don’t know who is playing.

But when it comes to the Olympics, it is a totally different ballgame. I love it. All of it. The seemingly off the wall sports. The speed. The flair for the dramatic. The excitement. The behind the scenes look at the athletes. Their endurance. Their stamina. Their determination.

This year we are able to enjoy the Winter Games - the thrills, the spills, the medals. There is something for everyone.

Do you like speed? Catch the downhill skiing.

Have a flair for the dramatic? Hope you tuned into the men’s snowboarding halfpipe. Talk about excitement!

Sequins more your style? Then the women’s figure skating is a must. Or this year, the men’s skating had plenty of sparkle with Johnny Weir’s costumes.

These athletes participating in the games have spent years training for their event. All those years culminate in the Olympics. In some cases, the actual event is over in seconds, but they still participate.

Professionally, I am trained in accounting. I too spent years perfecting my sport. School, CPA exam, then certification. But outside of that, I have other training as well. Lessons learned from the school of life. Some of those lessons were easy. Some were very hard.

It got me thinking…how well am I using my skills that I have perfected over my life? Because if I let all that training go to waste, what does that say about me?