A long, long time ago, I was a prodigy kid in a state-of-the-art game called chess and used to get good rankings in school competitions and even got to the state championship!
CLIMAX
But in an exhilarating campaign to the national competition qualifiers, after I became state champion, I was rapidly defeated and thrown out of the competition by an even younger kid that almost mocked me for how easy it was to beat me.
FALLING ACTION
I swore to defeat him. I could not live with myself knowing I could be defeated so quickly and would not even pose a remote threat to him in my favourite and most prized game. So I dedicated months of studies and intensive training every day, so I could match his skill
RESOLUTION
And there we were again, a national qualifiers game at 6 AM, me against him. I didn´t know anyone in the crowd of spectators as I was getting distant from my friends and family to dedicate my days to studying chess. My heart was racing as my mind was clear and peaceful for the first hour and a half, but after 3 hours, I knew what was coming; he was getting the best of me. Every move I made, he acted like it was a huge mistake.
And a stark contrast was on my face after 3 and a half hours of one of the biggest games I had ever played. At 6 am, I entered the room anxiously and was animated to defeat him. I left before midday, destroyed with colossal sadness in my eyes. Still, realizing I had given up my days and put effort into such a frivolous competition, I had nothing to prove to no one besides myself. However, still, I was abandoning my friends and family, I knew that I could defeat him, but I preferred to go and live my life happily.
I understood that I did not need to be regional champion if that meant I would lose what I truly give value, and it was an excellent personal development discovering that a hit to my ego wasn't a hit to me as a person in the whole
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