Wasted Thinking

[kenshusei]

It is perhaps ironic that I’m writing a post called “wasted thinking” on the eve of a departure to my alma mater town, Gainesville. I’m sure I’ll do a wealth of “wasted thinking” there, but I doubt it will have anything to do with what I’m about to write.

Not terribly long ago, my teacher in martial arts moved to North Carolina, leaving myself and

Comments

[fatfred]

1. I would have paid a lot to have been there to see that!

2. It made me think of Josh channeling Aretha at your wedding.

[balanceinchaos]

Thank you so much for this... as I have come to expect with your posts, it is most timely for me to read.

[teribeth]

I just got home from the gym. Yes I'm one of Those People that pays for a gym membership - but there's a reason. My dance class. I go twice a week (all my schedule allows at this point, sadly) and I usually feel great afterward. Why? Because I need to shut off my brain. If I think, I get my left and right mixed up and I get run over when everyone else in the room goes the opposite direction. If I get my brain to shut the hell up, it's awesome. Today I actually "got" a dance we've been doing for a couple of months but since I had to miss the class where they taught it, I've always been befuddled. Today I knew my brain was in the groove (no wasted thinking) and magically there was no running me over. Huzzah.

[uncledrax]

It's true that trying to Teach a subject will really solidify that subject in your head.. I think because now you have to think about it differently enough to explain to someone else.

Unfortuanately (and I probably just need to do it more), I suck as explaining things to people.. call it lack of practice at making my brain slow down to my mouth speed