The New Lunar Year

I have made much progress in some areas this year. There are also many areas that I let slide. This was my experiment with not being on the team, and actually, I feel okay with how the year's gone. Don't get me wrong, I haven't blogged since July, which in itself says a lot. But Sifu Brinker giving me the opportunity to be a mentor for the I Ho Chuan class has really done a lot for me mentally and helped keep me motivated and engaged. 

There were a few things that changed since I set out this lunar year. I happily, have been teaching a private student. Coming up with my own class plans has given me a lot of confidence in certain areas of my teaching. There have also been many struggles. Such as, having a private class, leaves me as his only partner for any type of partner work. This can be difficult, but so far we've made it work.

I am also almost 25 weeks pregnant as many of you know. This has definitely made it difficult to keep myself motivated and training. I have this somewhat irrational fear that has kept me pushing forward. I've worked so hard to get to where I am in my training, I really don't want to give all of that up for parenthood. There needs to be balance, and that's what I've been focusing on and trying to plan for. 

This next year, I won't be able to be part of the team, as Dan and I can't necessarily be training at the same place at the same time. And that's okay. I just need to continue to set goals for myself to work towards, and remember to keep myself  high on the priority list. Kung fu is something that I have been practicing for more of my life than not, and it's something that I'm going to need to keep myself physically, mentally, and spiritually engaged and living in the moment.