2026-06-14, 01:41 PM - Word count:
The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
Moving to Mexico and joining the minors team of C.D. Tenochtitlan, the legendary Krung Thep FC, has been a massive change. Looking at our upcoming schedule for Matchday 1 against North Shore United and Matchday 2 against F.C. Kaapstad, I realized something. The Academy season is entirely over, the four goals I scored to decide the title race are in the past, and now I am right back at the bottom of the mountain. To make sense of it, I finally pulled The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus off my shelf.
Camus tackles something that he calls the "absurd". This is the friction between our human desire for inherent meaning and a cold, silent universe that doesn't provide any. He uses the ancient myth of Sisyphus as the ultimate metaphor for human life. Sisyphus was condemned by the gods to push a massive boulder up a hill, watch it roll back down, and repeat the process for eternity. As a reborn legend in the SSL, I felt a deep connection to that boulder. Sometimes, the setup of this league feels completely absurd. I already lived a full career years ago, and yet here I am, packaged into a digital simulation, running until my lungs burn, starting all over again in the Minor League. You push the rock up the hill during the Academy season, you reach a peak with a four-goal match, and the next week the slate is wiped clean. You are back at Matchday 1, staring at the base of the hill.
However, Camus doesn't view Sisyphus as a tragic figure. He argues that Sisyphus finds his true strength and joy the moment he accepts the endless struggle. When he walks back down the hill to meet his rock, he owns his fate. He isn't working for a magical ending. Rather, he is living passionately in the effort itself. That is how I choose to view my time in the SSL and with Krung Thep FC. The pressure from the media and the expectations of the draft. It’s all just the boulder again and again. The meaning isn't waiting for me at the end of the season but its in the next sprint, the next tactical drill, and the decision to keep pushing. As Camus famously wrote: "One must imagine Sisyphus happy." The season starts on the 21st. I’m ready to meet the boulder.
Rating: 5/5 Next Week: TBD
Moving to Mexico and joining the minors team of C.D. Tenochtitlan, the legendary Krung Thep FC, has been a massive change. Looking at our upcoming schedule for Matchday 1 against North Shore United and Matchday 2 against F.C. Kaapstad, I realized something. The Academy season is entirely over, the four goals I scored to decide the title race are in the past, and now I am right back at the bottom of the mountain. To make sense of it, I finally pulled The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus off my shelf.
Camus tackles something that he calls the "absurd". This is the friction between our human desire for inherent meaning and a cold, silent universe that doesn't provide any. He uses the ancient myth of Sisyphus as the ultimate metaphor for human life. Sisyphus was condemned by the gods to push a massive boulder up a hill, watch it roll back down, and repeat the process for eternity. As a reborn legend in the SSL, I felt a deep connection to that boulder. Sometimes, the setup of this league feels completely absurd. I already lived a full career years ago, and yet here I am, packaged into a digital simulation, running until my lungs burn, starting all over again in the Minor League. You push the rock up the hill during the Academy season, you reach a peak with a four-goal match, and the next week the slate is wiped clean. You are back at Matchday 1, staring at the base of the hill.
However, Camus doesn't view Sisyphus as a tragic figure. He argues that Sisyphus finds his true strength and joy the moment he accepts the endless struggle. When he walks back down the hill to meet his rock, he owns his fate. He isn't working for a magical ending. Rather, he is living passionately in the effort itself. That is how I choose to view my time in the SSL and with Krung Thep FC. The pressure from the media and the expectations of the draft. It’s all just the boulder again and again. The meaning isn't waiting for me at the end of the season but its in the next sprint, the next tactical drill, and the decision to keep pushing. As Camus famously wrote: "One must imagine Sisyphus happy." The season starts on the 21st. I’m ready to meet the boulder.
Rating: 5/5 Next Week: TBD
In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine.
