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content Yesterday I went to the library on campus to see a librarian/professor I've developed a friendship with - she is a creative writing professor, yoga instructor, and amazing soul. Her daughter was killed this summer when she was out on a run, listening to her ipod, when I tree branch fell from a 40 foot tree and killed her instantly; she was 23. Despite the terrible turn her life has taken, she is still as beautiful and spiritual as ever, and so I decided to ask her for help.
I've come to a point in my life where I am happy with all outside factors - Adam, skydiving, friends, art - but still not completely myself. I am, however, more comfortable than ever with pushing myself spiritually, and recently I've realized that most of the people I am inspired by (my sculpting professor, the librarian, some of the skydivers) are really quite zen and in-touch with themselves. And so, I've decided to give in to my curiosity and start getting into meditation; I've done yoga, but I think that meditation on my own is a step I naively skipped over. I'm really excited at the opportunity to expand myself mentally and emotionally at this point.
Other than that, things are wonderful. Adam and I are "together" in our own way, and we are exclusive. He will probably be meeting my parents soon, and I'm not nervous about it, but I'm sure he is. I am very proud of the person he is, and the person he is continuing to develop into on his own. I do love him, and it's amazing to know it's reciprocated.
Skydiving has been, unfortunately, put on a hold because of the fall weather. We were scheduled to make our first AFP (solo) jump Saturday, then Sunday; both were cancelled because of a dangerous amount of cloud cover for students, so we rescheduled to Monday - which got cancelled because of dangerous 20mph wind gusts. We will resume as soon as the season opens in 2010 and continue to get certified (7 jumps), and then get our A licenses (18 more jumps after the 7 AFP), and THEN continue with the licenses from there. Hanging around the hangar for three days straight was still fun, though, and we've made quite a large network of friends there already. It's amazing how quickly people bond when a very intense common trait is shared. For now, my long-term goal with skydiving is to get 200 jumps in so I can become a photo/videographer. Adam already knows he wants to be an instructor, and I already know he'd be great at it - he is a social butterfly, and when he is passionate and excited about something it's infectious. We both have our mentors, and when the time comes we will both be able to follow through with those goals because we are lucky enough to know amazing people.
Body image wise, I am doing okay. I think meditation will help me along with that, and for Christmas I am asking for a workout set very similar to p90X, just without the workout equipment. I do love working out and pushing myself physically, but generally I don't find that happening in gym setting, so I am really stoked for it. For now I'm sticking to working out moderately 4-5x/wk because I am doing a 5k November 14th with a friend from school.
Life continues to be good.
I've come to a point in my life where I am happy with all outside factors - Adam, skydiving, friends, art - but still not completely myself. I am, however, more comfortable than ever with pushing myself spiritually, and recently I've realized that most of the people I am inspired by (my sculpting professor, the librarian, some of the skydivers) are really quite zen and in-touch with themselves. And so, I've decided to give in to my curiosity and start getting into meditation; I've done yoga, but I think that meditation on my own is a step I naively skipped over. I'm really excited at the opportunity to expand myself mentally and emotionally at this point.
Other than that, things are wonderful. Adam and I are "together" in our own way, and we are exclusive. He will probably be meeting my parents soon, and I'm not nervous about it, but I'm sure he is. I am very proud of the person he is, and the person he is continuing to develop into on his own. I do love him, and it's amazing to know it's reciprocated.
Skydiving has been, unfortunately, put on a hold because of the fall weather. We were scheduled to make our first AFP (solo) jump Saturday, then Sunday; both were cancelled because of a dangerous amount of cloud cover for students, so we rescheduled to Monday - which got cancelled because of dangerous 20mph wind gusts. We will resume as soon as the season opens in 2010 and continue to get certified (7 jumps), and then get our A licenses (18 more jumps after the 7 AFP), and THEN continue with the licenses from there. Hanging around the hangar for three days straight was still fun, though, and we've made quite a large network of friends there already. It's amazing how quickly people bond when a very intense common trait is shared. For now, my long-term goal with skydiving is to get 200 jumps in so I can become a photo/videographer. Adam already knows he wants to be an instructor, and I already know he'd be great at it - he is a social butterfly, and when he is passionate and excited about something it's infectious. We both have our mentors, and when the time comes we will both be able to follow through with those goals because we are lucky enough to know amazing people.
Body image wise, I am doing okay. I think meditation will help me along with that, and for Christmas I am asking for a workout set very similar to p90X, just without the workout equipment. I do love working out and pushing myself physically, but generally I don't find that happening in gym setting, so I am really stoked for it. For now I'm sticking to working out moderately 4-5x/wk because I am doing a 5k November 14th with a friend from school.
Life continues to be good.