Change is a large part of life, especially the part of life that I'm going through right now. Within the last 7 months, I have graduated high school, got my first full time job, and in a few short weeks I will start at NAIT. That's a lot. Every little bit of change helps define me as a person, with one of the biggest changes being Kung Fu. Since I started my job, I haven't been as active as I used to be. Part of that is due to timing difficulties (Shift ends at 5 with kids classes also starting at 5), but there is also the physical and mental aspect of it. It's not like I have super difficult job or anything, but after a full day of fighting with tires, getting covered in dirt from the road, and dealing with people who think they know how to everything better than the ones doing it, I'm exhausted. For the first month or so, I would come home and immediately fall asleep because of how much more tiring my day was compared to before. That's happening less now, but it still happens. Now it is more along the lines of " I have been soaked the whole day from washing and repairing tires, I am grumpy and not good to be around others currently." Again, that's not every day, but it is still quite frequent. The change from High School / Kung Fu to Tirecraft has been the biggest change of my life so far, although going to NAIT in January might top it. I would have to say that I have mishandled the direction that this change led me, with my nights now being spent at home not doing much instead of at the Kwoon, something I will be doing my best to change once school starts (given classes/homework are reasonable.) Right now, I only attend the Black Belt class, and the I Ho Chuan class. Come January, I want that to increase to at least all the 5:30 classes and later, and thr 5:00 classes if possible. The only way to accomplish this is to do it, but the only way to do it is to find out when the time comes.
This is, in my opinion, your best blog to date. Although you may have been at the kwoon less (hopefully you can get back more regularly) you have obviously done a lot of growing. Change can be a really good thing.
ReplyDeleteIf your schooling is anything like mine was, there is a TONNE of info that they have to cram into your brain in 8 weeks. Don't be too hard on yourself if you don't have much brainpower left over during that time!
ReplyDeleteGood luck!