Yesterday, I purchased ChatGPT only to discover it could not decipher my handwriting at its most natural form: hasty, small, and rushed. I prefer writing at the speed of thought, unfiltered, but if I must adapt my handwriting to make it easier for AI to read it, so be it. In the end, my dream is to carry a notebook and not a laptop on my walks, so this is practice for that.
Today, my mood was better, I was less distracted at work and more productive.
I went to yoga and I wondered about my commitment to change everything except my job. I was supposed to cancel my yoga membership, but I was too cowardly to do so. First, I must prove myself that I will be serious in this business of learning how to dance in/with a partner. Nah, I am just afraid of letting go of the hobby that has held me together for the past five years. It does not have to be total abandonment, but I must at least put it in the background so that I may grow in other areas.
There are many things which I will address with this dancing thing. One is sharing the joy of dance with other people, another is leading and following. And even though this relates to the body, I know very well how the body maps out to our personality.
A good leader will intuitively know how to use his body in dance in order to lead. A timid man like myself will take more time but will reap great benefit from learning how to do this.
However, I cannot write about the lessons I will learn until I actually go to class, so I will cease my mental wandering here.
It won’t be the first dancing lesson that I have, however, every time I have gone to dancing lessons I think, “I should have practiced a little bit at home,” because it takes some time for the body to become accustomed to new movements.
You will waste your first class if you arrive a blank slate. Get the basics from YouTube, let your body find the rhythm and movement pattern, then actually have fun dancing.
This, I will do tomorrow morning, for today I am exhausted after an intense day at work, yoga, and then dinner.
See? That’s why I must get rid of yoga. There is only so much time and energy for your hobbies.