I started playing tennis at six years old, and by 8, I started getting serious about it. Onlookers used to see my game, and they used to praise me. "Wow! That forehand is a ripper!" My eight-year-old brain was convinced I was the next big thing. Soon, I started playing tournaments and was in for a shock. So many girls were better than me, even at the most basic level. I kept working at it, though. So, fast forward seven years; now im 15 years old. I'm still way behind. Tennis progress can be measured using something called UTR. I'm struggling at 6 UTR, and my peers have moved to 10. You turn pro once you hit 12, considering the whole UTR scale is from 1 to 13 for women. I'm very behind.
All my dreams to become the world number 1 faced out daily. I feel miserable at times. Every day, I go through hell and back. Then, I discovered video games and social media. Since I often wandered around the apartment, my mom bought me a phone when I was only ten. Big mistake, mom. It got to a point where I would stay up until 6 am playing Roblox and talking to random strangers on Instagram. By the time I was 13, I had the CLOSEST online friends. My goal is to become the next tennis prodigy. I would do ANYTHING to be with my online friends instead of playing tennis.
Faking injuries, always hoping it would rain, claiming I was "too tired," and getting "burned out." My whole world for tennis completely disappeared. And as a result, I lost more matches than anyone I've ever known. My ranking was absolute crap. I shared my face online, as well as my address. I hoped my friend, who lived extremely close, would visit, though I didn't even know her age. My parents eventually started catching on and banned all social media and video games. No more Discord, Snapchat, Instagram, you name it. I was FURIOUS. I was getting influenced incorrectly, and my tennis life was going down the drain. Pure addiction was staring me in the face.
I was watching inappropriate videos talking about guys, still avoiding tennis. But finally, I realized what was happening and took back control of my life. After some time, I realized that most teens must be fighting their own demons And that my experience can help! This led to ZWR. I took my little brother along for fun and company and set out on a journey to help teens. Soon, it became a passion. Since then, it has come a long way. 100+ teens have bought my ZenWithRen course. One of my YouTube videos went viral and accumulated 50,000 views. This video talked about teen blunders and how to avoid them. 

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