Wed 15 Nov 2006
Classes and More Classes
Posted by cindy under Health & Body , Mental States at 11:11 am[9] Comments
I think I’m burned out on my rec classes. I started jujitsu in late June last year, and then belly dancing 2 semesters ago. This year, on a good week I’ve been attending about half the jujitsu I used to, and this last semester I’ve attended 5 out of 8 belly dancing classes. I don’t even feel bad about ditching, despite the fact that the belly dancing is a paid class. I really thought that after returning from Hawaii, I’d be much better about attending jujitsu, especially after noticing in the clinics how behind I am in skills and familiarity with some basic moves and arm bars. Jujitsu started back up this past Monday, and I haven’t been to one class. I also bought some belly dancing hip scarves (colorful gauze triangular scarves you tie around your hips decked out in bells and little coins that jingle when you move) in Hawaii, not realizing until last night that belly dancing ended last Wednesday, a day I’d ditched.
I also only went to the gym for the first time in almost 3 weeks yesterday at lunch, but only because all other lunch options fell through. The weights punished me for neglecting them for so long, and my triceps and quads are appropriately sore today. My abs aren’t, though.
Mr. W agreed with me that I appear to be burned out already and these classes have lost their value to me. “But you only took those classes to take up time anyway, and how you have me!” he said happily, curling his arms around me.
I can’t help thinking, tho, that I need to find something physical to do on a regular basis, even if it means switching genres (altho I’m not going back to the crazy yoga instructor Mr. W and I went to earlier in the year again, either). Besides, Mr. W needs his “alone” time to be a gamer. I don’t know what to do next. Maybe take up hip hop again? Or maybe I’ll try a different belly dancing instructor, one that some coworkers go to, since they’d been trying to talk me into that class for some time and now I have jingling hip scarves.
Or MAYBE I’ll take something easy, like ESL. I can pretend to be a total English dunce, fake an accent, and then be the most improved student at the end of the semester. That’ll be good for all the foreigners’ self-esteem. It’ll give them a raised bar to work toward. We’ll call it public service.
I wish I had the energy to LOOK UP a class on the internet and see what is available. Now that I’m in the big city I need to get involved in some physical activity. Belly dancing sounds fun…and something I could show off in front of Mr. Wonderful.
Oh, do it do it do it!! Take a beginning class. It’s actually not that difficult, as the moves are typically slow. You won’t be tripping over feet or landing on your ankle or anything. That comes later. 😉
Plus, you have that really pretty long hair. Depending on the instructor, there could be some hair swishing in belly dancing.
Some say it’s a good workout, too, altho I disagree with that. It could be because my class was a beginning class, tho.
Flat coke.. go back in Cindy’s blog to a place where she is dancing in her kitchen (it’s in here somewhere.. last month I think).
Take notice to the counter behind her. 🙂
Does this mean you are not going to class tonight??? If so, let’s hang out 🙂
Jordan – what’re you trying to say?
Vanessa – I’m gonna try to go to jujitsu. I mean, I have to hand out my photos somehow.
Don’t be so hard on your self. I have felt the burnt out feeling before. I noticed that sometimes it is driven from not getting what you need out of a situation or just growing out of it. Just listen to your heart and do what ever makes you happy and what you feel like doing. I fight with doing what I feel like doing and what I feel obligated to do.
So do you feel like or feel obligated to take the other belly dancing teacher with me and some coworkers after Thanksgiving?
i don’t know if i agree w the characterization that you take class to “take up time.” i’d hope that you are taking classes for self-advancement, enjoyment, etc., albeit it doesn’t have to be in the form of classes.
It’s true that jujitsu was for personal enrichment as well as killing time (or I would’ve just drowned myself in movies if it were all about time-killing), but it was like 80% killing time, 19% personal enrichment, 1% putting myself out there in a forced mingling environment.