I miss writing.
I miss posting daily entries in my blog and I’d like to return to the practice. I’m unsure if the cerebral sensations when the creative juices flow or whether the process helps me brain dump and gain more clarity (or give me the illusion of sense of control) but my intention is to start (once again) posting more on my blog and writing about some of the current activities in my life, which tend to predominately revolve around my dance journey (on the path to becoming a professional house dancer) as well as developing hardcore math foundations (using Math Academy) and navigating single parent life.
Dance Journey – Newsletter
I had thought about starting an e-mail newsletter that documents the dance journey, written prose accompanying the edited training videos that I create (some of which have gone viral, accumulating tens and thousands of views). The idea would be to for the emails to contain something along the lines of:
- What we worked on
- What was challenging
- New insights (for me) that were gleaned
Basically, documenting not just my own progression, but documenting the new knowledge accumulated throughout this predictably unpredictable journey.
Projects and scattered brain
What’s fascinating, I’m finding, is as I type all this out, there’s this inner feeling — this urge — tugging me in so many directions and suddenly, I’m reminded of all the various projects that I want to work on, ones that I somewhat accept that I may never have time for, including (but not limited to)
- Re-taking “Writing from a reader’s perspective” by George Gopen
- Creating an e-book similar to “The Math Academy Way” but for street-style dance
- Producing some additional house music beats
- Increasing my flexibility and mobility and continuing to document the journey on Stretch Therapy
- Re-reading “Meditation for mortals” and practicing daily habits (e.g. “figure out the price and pay it”, “adopting a kayak mindset approach”)
- Re-start “Waves of Focus” and re-develop organizational habits and come to terms with my wandering mind
- Re-visiting “Rhetorical Structure Theory” since, I find, those concepts help me write better prose
- Finishing the e-book “The Math Academy Way” (follow up from “Advice on upskilling by Justin Skycak”)
- Creating a “Fix your farmer” tutorial video to post on both YouTube and Instagram
- Begin marketing process for “Taste of the Kitchen”, (2) 120 minute workshops by DJ Renegade / Kevin Gopie
Dating another dancer in the scene
I’ve been very very reluctant to date someone in the (house dance) scene, despite being attracted to quite a few of the women. And although I’ve dated several other dancers, they were members of other dance communities (e.g. salsa, contemporary) and I had felt would reduce the blast radius, the impact, if/when the relationship dissolved.
Despite being careful, I still had/have thoughts on the idea of dating someone who is as ambitious (if not more) in achieving their own dance goals, with the idea that the two of us can train together, debate with one another, support one another. At the same time, I recognize that good things come in small doses as well, and that, sometimes it is beneficial for two individuals to have their own hobbies, own social circle.
Despite all this, I’ve recently started seeing someone who is, in my opinion, fairly integral to the scene. And while I am exciting, I am going to be fairly cautious and tread lightly.