The First Draft

I’ll be honest, I don’t super love new things. Specifically new places. They make me nervous so I prefer to bring someone with me. I went to my first Pure Barre class by myself, and that could be part of the reason I didn’t like it. I was there by myself, and it hurt in so many ways. It reminded me of the way I felt about boxing, though, (I didn’t like that the first time either) so I decided to stick with it for a month and see how I felt.

Last Saturday was my second class. The difference was astounding. Maybe I was less nervous? I have no idea. But what I do know is that it still hurt, but I felt kind of at peace after. I hadn’t really thought about the buzzing in my head until it was gone. I’ve been really stressed out lately, and I guess it has become a constant hum in the back of my mind.

After my Classic class though- silence. I didn’t hate it the second time around, the class was full rather than mostly empty (still social distanced though), and it was overall a better experience than the Foundations class I’d taken the prior week.

I feel like it might have a lot to do with my attitude. Like I said, I don’t like going new places alone, but the studio is in the city we are moving to this weekend and I thought it would be good for me to go find something new to do.

It was worth it, I think, and I definitely want to keep going. I know it’ll be good for me (working from home hasn’t been), and maybe I can get in shape without actually focusing exclusively on weight loss (I can’t diet. I just can’t. I don’t eat bad to begin with, and restricting my already not bad eating almost always ends in a sugar binge for me. Not worth it). Either way, I’m excited to start a new thing! And it’s even a thing that reminds me of an old thing (I described it to my friends as yoga with more movement).

2020 has been wild, and lonely, and stressful. For me that meant it was time to try something new, and I’m glad that I did.