Resolve

I just wrote myself a dance plan for 2008.  I suppose my plan could be called new year's resolutions, but I kept it very specific, not my usual vague "just be better" sort of resolutions.  It's way too detailed to repeat here, but I wrote out the types of routines I want to prepare, how to go about preparing them, what specific elements of my dancing I want to focus on for the coming year (both in terms of what needs improvement and what is already strong but needs that pow factor), small steps towards teaching (i.e., create a 20-30 minute lesson for bridal shower type events), web site development, Raks Spooki planning, etc.  I even wrote myself a weekly schedule to live by.  This feels very good.  I tend to be a deadline driven person, so without regular shows at the Middle East I need to create this kind of structure for myself.

Today I know why the instructor in my samba DVD has such strong looking thighs.  Ow.  Good ow, though.  This is going to be some great cross-training.  (Dina says she dedicates one day a week to cross-training in other dance forms; I probably can't give up that much time, what with that full time job and all, but I think it's a very good idea, and obviously it's working for Dina!)

I ordered Michelle Joyce's Pop, Lock and Shimmy on Thursday and it arrived today, so I think I'll stop writing about dancing and, you know, go do some actual dancing now.  Imagine that!