Don’t Fall On the Ice!

I’m taking figure skating for my winter study PE class and since it’s a chill class (as most winter study PE classes are) I haven’t really been taught much. All I’ve learnt so far is how to almost skate backwards and that I can’t balance on one foot for more than three seconds. My goal by the end of winter study is to be able to do an axel. Will keep you updated. My bigger, more philosophical goal is to figure out how to better balance things in my life before the actual semester kicks in and kicks my butt. Because my balance is bad, remember? I think it’s all a matter of figuring out what to prioritize when and developing an intuition for those decisions. Like right now, I just got unsick after a week. Obviously my #1 priority was to get better so I skipped classes and practice a bit, but looking back I could’ve used that time to learn more about app development, something I said I’d do but didn’t have the time for. Or did I need that complete rest—both physical and mental? Hopefully I get better at making these decisions and stop overthinking about my actions more as a result. I think my priority this week is to prepare for the Mid-Atlantic Warmup Tournament in Virginia that’s coming up this weekend, and start having fun again now that I’m not sick. Also, to start planning for our trip to NYC over dead week! I’ll tell you about it another time but I’m so excited. Anyways, that’s it for now. To tell you the truth, I’m not writing this at Goodrich but on my bed instead. I think I’ll start to be more flexible with where I’m writing from (although Goodrich would probably still be the most common place). It’s all about balance.