Changes (upcoming karate test)
Jan. 23rd, 2007 07:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alanajoliOne of my faults is that I am not terribly good at change. In some ways this is strange--I take critiques fairly well and am very laid back about how my writing is edited. However, it doesn't work the same way in the office (getting used to new systems for organizing data, for example), or in my personal life. I can do it. I moved five times within a year and adjusted beautifully to some of those shifts.
Unfortunately, this is not my moment. I have a karate test coming up on Friday, which will be the highest belt I have tested for in any system I have studied. Coupled with my doctors telling me that, yes, I really do have to increase my heart-rate for twenty minutes a day if I want to be healthy, I'm in the process of an actual lifestyle change. Today I took a break from my writing and did a tae-bo work out. I have karate class tomorrow, a private lesson (to prep me for my test) on Thursday, and the test itself on Friday night.
This may not seem like a big change--especially since I'm only talking about one week--but what I'm noticing is a real shift. I've always thought of myself as a very "indoors" person, kind of stationary or sedentary (whichever seems lazier). I'm a dabbler as well, someone who doesn't tend to stick with hobbies (like a particular karate style) for any real length of time. But here I am, athletically lazy and flighty about my interests, getting ready to test for my blue belt, which is the fifth belt in my system, and I'm exercizing every day. Who is this person?
Aside from the vague self-image shift that is transpiring, I have to say that I've seen some actual positive results that correspond to the exercise. I may actually (gasp!) be healthier! Pretty weird, huh?
Try as I might, I've tried to make this relevant to writing, but at the moment, nothing is coming to me. Maybe I'll have something profound to say later.
Unfortunately, this is not my moment. I have a karate test coming up on Friday, which will be the highest belt I have tested for in any system I have studied. Coupled with my doctors telling me that, yes, I really do have to increase my heart-rate for twenty minutes a day if I want to be healthy, I'm in the process of an actual lifestyle change. Today I took a break from my writing and did a tae-bo work out. I have karate class tomorrow, a private lesson (to prep me for my test) on Thursday, and the test itself on Friday night.
This may not seem like a big change--especially since I'm only talking about one week--but what I'm noticing is a real shift. I've always thought of myself as a very "indoors" person, kind of stationary or sedentary (whichever seems lazier). I'm a dabbler as well, someone who doesn't tend to stick with hobbies (like a particular karate style) for any real length of time. But here I am, athletically lazy and flighty about my interests, getting ready to test for my blue belt, which is the fifth belt in my system, and I'm exercizing every day. Who is this person?
Aside from the vague self-image shift that is transpiring, I have to say that I've seen some actual positive results that correspond to the exercise. I may actually (gasp!) be healthier! Pretty weird, huh?
Try as I might, I've tried to make this relevant to writing, but at the moment, nothing is coming to me. Maybe I'll have something profound to say later.
