So I was told by a friend recently that I’ve reached the halfway mark of this so called personal hiatus; and she asked me how it was going? She’s probably right on on the halfway mark. I wouldn’t be able to give you the exact date of when that occurs but I can say that I have a little over 6 weeks left to go. May 22nd officially will be the date that I have given myself to come back and get plugged into society.
How has it been going? I wish I had some words of enlightenment or major epiphanies to share with you, but I don’t. What I can say is that it has given me a bit of clarity on a few things. Taking away my Salsa evening and weekend social activity allows me to evaluate if me feeling tired has more to do with my 40 work week or because of the late nights dancing.
What I am starting to feel is that it has more to do with my job. It’s not what it used to be- it’s definitely more stressful. I am feeling more like a social worker than an Academic Advisor. The realization then is that I don’t want to stop dancing- dancing helps me keep it “balanced”. Dancing is my outlet to unwind.
Now I am trying to decide how serious I want to be with it. Should I go back into teaching? Do I want to perform? Do I want to do both? Those are just some of the questions I have asked myself as far as Salsa’s concerned.
I can say that in the six weeks since i’ve started this personal retreat, I’ve checked my Facebook once from my cellphone. Having had a couple of drinks and right around my birthday, my weekness got the best of me. However I was only on FB just long enough for it not to be noticable (i checked it when I went to the bathroom), so it mustn’t have been for more than two minutes.
Apart from Facebook, I’ve also stayed away from junk food. Most of my meals since i’ve been doing the 90 days I have cooked myself. And I’ve also have started working out. (more about working out in later posts). Well better get going- trying to get some ideas on performances…