So I admittedly signed up for a gym membership 4 months ago at the beginning of the year. It's sort of an unofficial "new year's resolution," but I don't like to call it that because gym resolutions always get broken. It seems like no one ever goes all the way with that one. But I want to. I think after some time here in New York, I've now become slave to the "health" craze. I juice, I watch what I eat, I take multi-vitamins, I get enough sleep, etc. etc. etc. So the only thing lacking in my new quest for health was being active. I've been a member of 3 different gyms prior to the one I currently go to now and those memberships did not last very long. They ate my money as if I made a lot working retail, and they didn't even care. So it took me awhile to decide on it. Gyms are a big fat waste of money, but fuck it. I don't have health insurance. I might as well invest my money into taking better care of myself, and make it worth it.
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When I was growing up, my mom made sure I lead a pretty active lifestyle. She enrolled me into dance classes very early on in my life. I took my first dance class when I was probably 2 or 3, starting with both ballet and tap. But as I grew I decided to stick to just ballet. And so I did for the next 15 years until I realized that I didn't want to be a ballerina. I was good at it, I swear! But I was at that age where you start to think about what to do once you graduate high school. I had two options: college or dance. Guess what I chose? Yup. I quit ballet because I thought I didn't want to be a dancer for a living. I
loved performing though. I lived for those moments. Auditions were probably something I wasn't ready to go through, dealing with all the rejection and shit. Sizing up every other dancer just to intimidate them for a spot. Doing extra just to get attention! That part did not make dancing very appealing to me anymore. It wasn't fun. Or maybe I just didn't want it enough to fight for it. Ironic now how I am a
casting agent. Ha! Ok, just watch
Center Stage,
Black Swan or
First Position if you don't understand. Life of every ballerina (amirite
Jess?!) But who could ever resist being on stage! I do miss that part
the most you have no idea OMG.
So back to my gym membership. If you're thinking I spend my time there running on a treadmill and lifting weights, then not only are you wrong but you suck. Just kidding, you don't suck! I actually have myself on a strict class schedule because I'm just used to that. I take yoga, spin and pilates/barre. Right now yoga is my favorite class. I usually go after work. I just added Saturdays as my newly "bonus" day. AND I now have the option to take my friend's yoga class on Saturday afternoons at a different studio if I miss the gym in the morning. I wonder if you would you believe me even though I don't post tacky gym selfies on
Instagram.
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Anyway I'd say I'm doing pretty well so far with my unofficial new year's resolution. I hope I continue to keep up! What really helps is having friends that motivate you to go work out when you're feeling too tired or lazy, or even go with you just to make it more fun. I worked on a casting for
Nike recently, and that was a huge motivator for me to start working on getting fit again. I met so many amazing girls at the casting that it was hard to not get inspired. And after seeing my mom doing yoga everyday when I
visited her in Manila was a crazy wake up call for me to get to work again. I'm working on telling myself that it's never a bad idea to go to the gym, and that you always feel better after working out when I'm feeling too lazy.
xoxo
