{"id":517170,"date":"2022-12-11T10:43:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T17:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=517170"},"modified":"2022-12-11T10:43:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T17:43:36","slug":"hali-flickinger-returns-after-break-becoming-realtor-tired-of-feeling-like-swimming-defines-me-i-had-to-find-something-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-returns-after-break-becoming-realtor-tired-of-feeling-like-swimming-defines-me-i-had-to-find-something-else\/","title":{"rendered":"Hali Flickinger Returns After Break, Becoming Realtor: &#8216;Tired of Feeling Like Swimming Defines Me &#8230; I Had to Find Something Else&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Hali Flickinger Returns After Break, Becoming Realtor: &#8216;Tired of Feeling Like Swimming Defines Me &#8230; I Had to Find Something Else&#8217;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Swimming lap after lap with big goals in mind day after day, month after month, year after year can take a big toll, especially when those goals aren\u2019t being reached.<\/p>\n<p>There is a time in every swimmer\u2019s career where they wonder why they are putting themselves through this daily grind and torment. That crossroads is the beginning of the end for many swimmers.<\/p>\n<p>But it also can be a new beginning if it leads to a fresh look on things.<\/p>\n<p>Olympic medalist<strong> Hali Flickinger<\/strong> is getting that fresh look, and it has nothing to do with being in the water. She was tired of defining herself only through swimming, and now is a real estate agent in Arizona, giving her life a little more balance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been years coming. This summer, I had a chat with <strong>Bob<\/strong> (<strong>Bowman<\/strong>) and realized I needed something else in my life. I was burned out pretty bad and even said the words (I am gonna quit) to Bob,\u201d Flickinger told Swimming World. \u201cI have been pushing and pushing and I am tired of feeling like swimming defines me, and feeling like my worth is swimming. Sadly, it got to the point where I thought it was all over. I had to find something else. When you feel like your worth depends on your performance, that is when it all goes wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a really good thing in my life to no longer feel like Hali Flickinger the swimmer, but Hali Flickinger the person. I want to love the sport again, when it comes to competition. I feel like I lost that many years ago. I have been struggling with that since I went pro, and it isn\u2019t the greatest feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Enter real estate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have had my license for like six years. It has always been something I wanted to do, but with swimming, it was never a thing. But I was always ready for it,\u201d Flickinger said. \u201cI started this summer and took a long break on swimming. I have been in it for a little bit now. Training has been a little different, but I am trying to balance the two. It has been the best thing for me mentally because I have something new and fresh. I am chasing again and I am a newbie, and that is so fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hali-flickinger-on-body-transformation-i-need-all-the-strength-i-can-get\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hali&#8217;s physical transformation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/after-devastating-worlds-hali-flickinger-transforming-mental-strength-to-match-powerful-body\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hali&#8217;s mental transformation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flickinger also gets to spend some more quality time with her husband, Martin, who also is a realtor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are under the sam brokerage together, and that is something really cool for us to do together,\u201d she said. \u201cHe is my best friend and I get to now work with him. That was always the goal. I has been amazing. It has been like a new little chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once Flickinger got established in her \u201cnew chapter\u201d she had to figure out if that chapter was going to involve swimming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest thing is that I still haven\u2019t accomplished the things that I have wanted to,\u201d Flickinger said. \u201cIf it hadn\u2019t happened the way my mind was \u2014\u00a0I have been working so hard, harder than anybody \u2014 then why am I doing the same thing. So I figured lets give this (new chapter) a chance because the old way isn\u2019t working. I am the same every year \u2014\u00a0the same, the same, the same, the same. So let\u2019s try it with something that doesn\u2019t define me with what I am doing. There are still so many goals I haven\u2019t accomplished \u2014\u00a0so many \u2014 that there is still a fire in my to want to accomplish them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just the thought of that is refreshing to Flickinger, who is headed to the 2022 FINA World Short Course Championships in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I am behind the blocks now, I am not Hali the swimmer, I am Hali Flickinger, the real estate agent, \u201c she said. \u201cThat is going to be incredibly helpful for me behind the blocks. We are hoping that it helps my swimming. My training is helping me not control everything, and I think I have grown a lot in that aspect. It is training my brain to let go. And it helps to have so many great people in my circle. It is slowly coming together. I am glad I chose this path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flickinger is slated to swim the 200 butterfly, 400 IM, 200 free and possibly be on a couple of relays at worlds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a challenge. I really don\u2019t have expectations in the water right now because I was so burned out,\u201d Flickinger said. \u201cI am just going to race at worlds. I always want to go fast, but I don\u2019t have expectations. I want to have fun. I haven\u2019t had fun at a meet in a long time. It is going to be in Australia, it is going to be summer there, and I heard our hotel is along the beach. I want to have fun with my American cap on my head, with by best friends on the national team. Maybe this is just what I needed. I don\u2019t want to care about the results. 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