One excellence

I remember in high school, I was good at everything. Math, Chemistry, English, German, Drama, Choir, Spanish, French, History. Well, not swimming. But everything else. It was so exciting. I had this feeling that I could do everything the rest of my life. I see 13 and 15 in this same place right now. It's exciting, but it's false.

There is a huge difference between a professional, adult excellence and the kind of high school excellence that I enjoyed so much. The difference is time. Not j