A while back, I planned to get a new gi and accrue 200 classes before our professor's year-end seminar. I got a bit of help as the seminar was planned for the first week of December instead of mid November. With the seminar a few days away, I can say done and almost done. (I only currently have 198 classes, but I'll get those last 2!)
I recently got my blue belt, and felt very happy about the accomplishment. With my full-time-job, family-having self, I figured stripes should come no sooner than 50 classes. Adding a pinch for good measure, I may need 500 classes to get my purple belt. I have 200, and I am focusing on the remaining 300.
I don't control the color; I don't obsess about it, either. I can control the 300 allowing enough soak time to let things sink in (i.e. attending 9 classes in 3 weeks could be better for me than attending 9 classes in 2 days because neither my mind nor my body moves fast enough to process 9 classes in 3 days).
In 2012 I want to attend at least 160 classes. This blog began to track my attendance. Let the journey continue.
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