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 I was in a family owned convenience store on Tuesday grabbing a couple of snacks before I hit the road for work. It was around 10:30 in the morning but I was still feeling a bit tired even though I had a pretty good sleep the night before, around 7 hours, so pretty good as I keep making more room to add more time into my sleep schedule. Anyways I was just about to pay for my snacks, and the lady running the store insisted I should grab a coffee for free. I personally do not like to have anything given to me for free as it feels unnatural. I tried to reject her offer but she kept insisting and eventually I said I will grab my free coffee. So there I am pouring the coffee into the corrugated cup when suddenly the lady hands me a container of hazelnut creamer.  This creamer is from her private stash that she uses to make her own coffees well she is working here. Funny enough it is the same creamer I use at home for my coffees. It was eerie that she just so happened to have the e...

 I had a one on one last week and I have been taking the time since than to review and go through each priority of my life and figure out where they all sit if I ranked them from most important to "still important but not the most". I did not want to use the word "least" as that was not my intention.  Health - This includes, sleep, diet, along with both my mental and physical health. The order I listed these topics in is also how I view them to be in order of importance. I cannot have anything else unless my sleep is good and the food I am eating are healthy. This causes everything else on this to benefit.  Kung Fu - I went back and forth with putting this at number 2 or 3. Ultimately it gets put in the number 2 position. I had a mental "click" after my one on one. Kung fu is supposed to help us achieve mastery. So why am I not putting more effort into my kung fu? BECAUSE I DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT UNTIL AFTER MY ONE ON ONE. I do not need to go to every level...

Last class when we did lion dancing I was trying really hard to not get down on myself. I felt like I was really disconnected in the lion head. And I honestly didn’t really know what to do during the 7 star, which is why I kept repeating and repeating the same movements. Ever since that class I’ve been in a state of stuck. I try and do something productive but I will get physically stuck, like I won’t even pickup my list of new contacts to reach out to, and I won’t even do anything productive. Anytime I try I just get STUCK. And I will just sit there waiting and wanting to do something productive but I just won’t. It’s like there is a physical barrier between me and what I want to do. Just me being able to get this blog out was monumental today. 

It’s been eye opening with how many questions I’ve been getting asked ever since being promoted. What is really cool is I get to find out where forgotten the holes are in my kung fu. I was asked by a student to help them with 18 Temple Motions an I had to quickly run through my memory bank of the form and all the feedback I can remember being told. At the level 2 class it’s really fun and I love being there to help and teach the next generation of our school. At open training you are constantly approached with questions and I try to answer them the best way I can but there were times that I couldn’t answer the questions and needed to get help from a higher degree black belt. It’s just been really eye opening with the level of responsibility we instantly take when we step onto the mats. 

Tomorrow will be my first day. It’s exciting. And it’s also making me nervous. I just don’t want to mess up the bow at the start of class. I also can’t wait to help bring up next years and the next generation of candidates who are not in the Kao Shi program.  I’m also having. Trouble writing this blog. There is so much I want to stay right now but it will all come out eventually in my posts. But for now all I can is I am excited to help, teach, learn, and share this next chapter.