Wednesday, August 24, 2011

The decision, and then some

Well, blog! A lot has happened since I failed miserably at Andrew's challenge to write a blog post two days a week. That was well over a month ago, and this is only my second post. Let's just admit it: I'm in the wrong here. I suck. :)

Okay, so three days after my last post, my wonderful and amazing Andrew asked me to spend the rest of my life with him, and of course I said yes. I'm so very excited. My ring is absolutely amazing too. So a lot of my time has been taken up with wedding planning for our April 28 wedding (yikes, soon!).

Also, shortly after that, we learned we will be moving back to Chicago at the end of September. Which is good for so many reasons. First, it's Chicago (and not Stamford). Second, friends and family. Third....I get to quit my job! Which is a fantastic way to kick start this plan of mine to start Pilates teacher training. I'm going to get a part time job and focus on learning Pilates through practice, then start training.

So wow, this is a reality. Or almost a reality. Exciting and scary. I mean, now I actually have to do it. I actually have to follow through with this. Really spend this time internalizing Pilates and making it like second nature. Feel it in my bones, and feel the changes it brings to my body. Because at some point, it will be my job to bring those changes to others. Wow.

What if I suck at this? What if I don't like the people? What if I am not any good at the programming part of it? Hmmm. Very scary. I don't have a lot of confidence in my ability to try something new or take a risk.

But. Two Pilates instructors told me they think I will be good at it. They both say I "understand" it. So that makes me feel good. Hopefully it continues.