It’s important to know that the lifestyle of a dancer is not all cookies and candy. The downfall of having a job that you absolutely adore is that if something doesn’t go your way, you take it to heart. Would it be better to have a nine to five, run of the mill job? That thought crosses my mind occasionally, but dance usually wins out in the end.
Drama in life is something that everyone deals with on a daily basis. Getting past it is the task. How do you get through it? How have you gotten through it in the past? Well, this how it usually goes for me...
1. I experience the incident.
2. I am affected by it and think about it constantly.
3. I complain about it.
4. I decide if I’m going to do something about it.
5. I accept it.
6. I move on.
7. I visualize my potential.
The easiest to do of the things listed are obviously numbers 1, 2 and 3. The hard part is omitting number 3 from the list and actually doing numbers 5 and 6. More on that later..
In my everyday rituals, I stumbled upon a great little invention called the Complaint Free Bracelet. The task while wearing the purple bracelet is to try not to complain for 21 days in a row, using this bracelet as a reminder. If you complain you have to switch the bracelet to the other wrist and start all over again. It’s taken some people up to a year to accomplish. I honestly don’t think that I am a huge complainer, but this’ll definitely make me more aware of it. I am going to try it once I receive my bracelet, but I have a feeling it’ll be hard to commit to putting the darn thing on! I’ll let you know how it pans out. You can order up to 3 for free at http://complaintfreeworld.biz/ Shipping is free as well. I feel like this bracelet’s theme fits along the same lines as the book The Secret (which I need to reread).
Anyway, I should let you all know what’s been going on in my little corner of the planet...
The last time I wrote in was at the end of our last program. Well, I ended the last rep by going out with an injury, and missing the last two performances. My injuries (which seem to be a recurring theme in my blog entries), had gotten the best of me, and won. My right foot was starting to go numb occasionally, due to my right hip and lower back. The good thing is that I had a week off after the rep, full of rest, therapy and massage. I eased back into dancing in the first week back to work, and am now dancing full force, and I can feel my foot again! It’s tough, the season has only just begun and I am dealing with the ramifications of literally, throwing myself into my work. Which leaves me thinking, “Is it all worth it?” The answer is yes. I feel like if I do take it easy at work (for the sake of my injuries), I am easily physically replaced. Though it’s not easy to experience, it is a great motivator. So that’s where I am at today. Just getting ready for the next program, trying to accept things, move on, and visualize my potential. I’ll leave you with a great quote that I will focus on this week.
“You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.”
--Marian Wright Edelman
It’s important to know that the lifestyle of a dancer is not all cookies and candy. The downfall of having a job that you absolutely adore is that if something doesn’t go your way, you take it to heart. Would it be better to have a nine to five, run of the mill job? That thought crosses my mind occasionally, but dance usually wins out in the end.
Drama in life is something that everyone deals with on a daily basis. Getting past it is the task. How do you get through it? How have you gotten through it in the past? Well, this how it usually goes for me...
1. I experience the incident.
2. I am affected by it and think about it constantly.
3. I complain about it.
4. I decide if I’m going to do something about it.
5. I accept it.
6. I move on.
7. I visualize my potential.
The easiest to do of the things listed are obviously numbers 1, 2 and 3. The hard part is omitting number 3 from the list and actually doing numbers 5 and 6. More on that later..
In my everyday rituals, I stumbled upon a great little invention called the Complaint Free Bracelet. The task while wearing the purple bracelet is to try not to complain for 21 days in a row, using this bracelet as a reminder. If you complain you have to switch the bracelet to the other wrist and start all over again. It’s taken some people up to a year to accomplish. I honestly don’t think that I am a huge complainer, but this’ll definitely make me more aware of it. I am going to try it once I receive my bracelet, but I have a feeling it’ll be hard to commit to putting the darn thing on! I’ll let you know how it pans out. You can order up to 3 for free at http://complaintfreeworld.biz/ Shipping is free as well. I feel like this bracelet’s theme fits along the same lines as the book The Secret (which I need to reread).
Anyway, I should let you all know what’s been going on in my little corner of the planet...
The last time I wrote in was at the end of our last program. Well, I ended the last rep by going out with an injury, and missing the last two performances. My injuries (which seem to be a recurring theme in my blog entries), had gotten the best of me, and won. My right foot was starting to go numb occasionally, due to my right hip and lower back. The good thing is that I had a week off after the rep, full of rest, therapy and massage. I eased back into dancing in the first week back to work, and am now dancing full force, and I can feel my foot again! It’s tough, the season has only just begun and I am dealing with the ramifications of literally, throwing myself into my work. Which leaves me thinking, “Is it all worth it?” The answer is yes. I feel like if I do take it easy at work (for the sake of my injuries), I am easily physically replaced. Though it’s not easy to experience, it is a great motivator. So that’s where I am at today. Just getting ready for the next program, trying to accept things, move on, and visualize my potential. I’ll leave you with a great quote that I will focus on this week.
“You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.”
--Marian Wright Edelman