Day 14 - Challenging conversations

 Between classes and during homework/study breaks my friend and I enjoy playing ping pong in the 24 hour lounge. Now I myself haven't played ping pong much in my life and neither has he, but over the last few months we have both improved quite a lot. Our games are usually back and forth, point for point although I'm usually the one who loses as I tend to make more mistakes. Now usually I have been known to get quite frustrated and I am continuing to work on that but something different happened today. Instead of just smacking the ball around, we started chatting in between points, sharing our tricks and moves. It's nuts how two brains thinking alike can turn a ping pong table into a little adventure. Today made me realize that having a similar skill level isn't a drawback, it's a chance to dive into new strategies and improve together. It's like discovering that you can grow even while goofing around with a ping pong ball. This mindset is turning our games into mini-lessons where we're not just playing but learning and growing side by side.

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