Happiness Project month #1 is complete. I trained for a triathlon and enjoyed it. I did feel satisfaction marking daily progress on a calendar and pushing myself to swim and run farther, and as most of these experiments show, I am more capable than the level to which I usually push myself.
Now on to the next project. This week I heard a speaker talking about having a bucket list. I don't have one of these. Mainly because I do what I want in the season. My preferences and goals change when the wind blows, and I tend to follow those impulses where they lead me. I have jumped out a plane, worked at a ranch, learned to white water kayak, and gotten my nose pierced. I was surprised when I did try to write a list at what my subconscious pushed me towards-- learn how to fight, learn how to dance. In that order.
I have skill at neither since they both require coordination. And they seem to go together in complementary opposition. Two kinds of embrace. Two physical exersions. Both paralleling human struggles and relation. I looked up ballroom dance lessons today. I have a connection in the jiu jitsu scene. I'm mentally preparing to be humbled.
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Fighting and dancing...that sounds like a combo every woman needs. Go girl!
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