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“I try to wake up and say things like ‘thank you’ and ‘I am grateful
for this day,’ even if it’s that quick,” she admits.
for someone to become very attached to one identity and assume
that’s who they are,” she cautions. She warmly reminds us that
while we have many identities, they come out at different times.
“Never forget that you can be someone different tomorrow, and
the next day, or right now,” she says. Patrick believes we are
allowed to evolve and progress through life and she advocates
for us to embrace that fact. “There is such a negative connotation
to change. It’s not about being someone. It’s not about forgetting
who you were. It’s about continuously evolving into a broader and
more diverse person. And sometimes, that shows up differently.”
After announcing her retirement from racing, she launched a
podcast in the summer of 2019. She found the idea of mentoring
really gratifying. Through racing, Patrick knew firsthand that
mentoring and inspiring were important jobs. It was clear to her
that she wanted to continue doing both after her racing career but
that she had to wait for the right opportunity to let those larger
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goals manifest. She got her feet wet in the world of podcasts
when she was promoting her book. “I did a few different podcasts
that were a lot of fun and really interesting. I felt invigorated by
them,” she begins. “I thought, here I am doing interviews that
are ten times longer than I normally do, and I’m not exhausted.
I’m actually energized from them,” she explains and admits that
those experiences planted the initial seed for her to try her hand
in a new role.
Her new role fits well into her larger plans. “I’m very proud of
what I accomplished in racing, based on my ambition to do more
and go further,” she says. She also admits that she doesn’t want
to reinvent herself with her next chapters, she hopes to expand
upon the hard work she’s put in. “I hope that when it’s all said and
done, [me being a racer] is more of an afterthought,” she muses.
Racing will be what we first knew her for, but not what we will
always recall first.