You don't have to be happy just the way you are. Really now, that's a bit of a cop out.
So I want to be more cultured and intellectual. Here you see my basic plan for how to do about pulling this off. But I want to be Indiana Jones. Overly well read, incredibly intellectual professor during the week - total badass on his vacation days.
Rykie's icon made me think of it, but the desire has long been brewing. I want to be a badass. Not that I want to ever actually kick the shit out of people, or join the 100 mile club, but I want to be able to walk down the street confidant in the knowledge that if someone were to start shit, I would probably come out the winner. Because I think that, if I really believed that, and walked, talked and moved like I believed that, then no one ever would start shit with me.
So the question is, how does one go about becoming a badass? Well, I've been wanting to take up a martial art again for some time. There are a few reasons behind this desire: 1) I want something that will keep me in shape 2) I want something that reminds me of the lessons I learned in my Wisdom of the East class. Truth is, a good yoga class could do both of these things, perhaps even more effectively. But then there's reason 3) I want to able to walk to work every day with out being scared when I'm walking back after dark.
I say I want to be a badass. Now, don't get me wrong, the chick in leather with the heaving bosom who has just kicked the shit out of every guy in the bar is sexy, and I would like to be her. BUT the real reasoning behind my desire is, I think, that I want to be able to do the things I enjoy with out fear. Because I am a small, weak, relatively attractive female living in the middle of a big city (I also think I'm becoming schizophrenic so I keep thinking people are behind me when they aren't) so there is a lot of fear in my life. And it sucks because I don't go walking by myself at night (something I discovered in France I absolutely love to do), and I don't take mass transportation after dark, and I don't like driving through certain parts of town. And it sucks.
So back to the initial question, how to fix it. So taking a martial art was proposed. Couple of concerns: 1)which martial art should I study and 2)how do I make sure that the class that I'm paying for will also address the traditional and spiritual aspects of the art I'm studying? Oh, and the big one, where do I get the money and time to take classes?
Rykie's icon made me think of it, but the desire has long been brewing. I want to be a badass. Not that I want to ever actually kick the shit out of people, or join the 100 mile club, but I want to be able to walk down the street confidant in the knowledge that if someone were to start shit, I would probably come out the winner. Because I think that, if I really believed that, and walked, talked and moved like I believed that, then no one ever would start shit with me.
So the question is, how does one go about becoming a badass? Well, I've been wanting to take up a martial art again for some time. There are a few reasons behind this desire: 1) I want something that will keep me in shape 2) I want something that reminds me of the lessons I learned in my Wisdom of the East class. Truth is, a good yoga class could do both of these things, perhaps even more effectively. But then there's reason 3) I want to able to walk to work every day with out being scared when I'm walking back after dark.
I say I want to be a badass. Now, don't get me wrong, the chick in leather with the heaving bosom who has just kicked the shit out of every guy in the bar is sexy, and I would like to be her. BUT the real reasoning behind my desire is, I think, that I want to be able to do the things I enjoy with out fear. Because I am a small, weak, relatively attractive female living in the middle of a big city (I also think I'm becoming schizophrenic so I keep thinking people are behind me when they aren't) so there is a lot of fear in my life. And it sucks because I don't go walking by myself at night (something I discovered in France I absolutely love to do), and I don't take mass transportation after dark, and I don't like driving through certain parts of town. And it sucks.
So back to the initial question, how to fix it. So taking a martial art was proposed. Couple of concerns: 1)which martial art should I study and 2)how do I make sure that the class that I'm paying for will also address the traditional and spiritual aspects of the art I'm studying? Oh, and the big one, where do I get the money and time to take classes?