"It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it." ~Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre.
It’s the start of a new school year in Korea and with any new start, I always seem compelled to make extreme goals for myself or am motivated to learn some crazy new activity I have no business in learning. For example, in January I decided I would learn how to play guitar. Well, I more or less imagined I would be an adult prodigy strumming Clapton tunes immediately, but no dice. Turns out I have to practice playing and learning chords like most others. The good news is that I love playing guitar and am hoping to play a Denver song soon enough.
January also brought the sport of pole dancing into my life. Yeah, that’s right, I said sport. A friend of mine took up the challenge of teaching me how to pole at this studio here in Seoul. And again, I was surprised I was not a prodigy when it came to this activity either. Actually, it’s much harder than I ever imagined…but sooo much fun! Thanks Aran for taking up the challenge. You are a gem!
And lastly, my latest challenge. I have 25 weeks left of my contract, so I’ve decided I’d take up running again and my goal is to complete 500km by August 24th. My motivation: I hate saying to people “I used to be a runner”. So lame. Unfortunately, I do have some obstacles ahead such as yellow dust and monsoon season, but this just means I’ll have to take my running indoors. Not that big of a deal I guess…but I hate running on a treadmill! Damn yellow dust from China.
35 of 500km completed :)
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