So I just got home
from my last day of dance, and tonight was the night that I had to tell my
dance teachers that I am quitting dance. I decided to tell them after my
classes were over and I also told my mom to come with me. When I told them they
were really surprised and very shocked, they said that they weren’t expecting
this at all and that I kind of picked a bad time to quit since we have a lot of
competitions coming up. Then they made me tell my whole dance studio that I was
quitting, I felt really bad because I am really close to the people at my dance
studio and when I told them a lot of them starting crying. I felt bad, but I
knew that I was making the right choice.
Making this decision is probably one of the
hardest things I have ever done. But I want to pursue my career and I know that
I am making the right choice of quitting now. So now I can really focus on
school, which is my number one priority right now. As Charles Buxton said
“You will never find time for anything. If you want time
you must make it.”
My mom was asking
me if I wanted to do anymore extracurricular activities, but I don’t think I
want to do any right now. I might want to look for a job where I could only
work on the weekends but I am not sure yet, I just want to enjoy my free time
and work on managing more of my time. So I am just going to take one step at a
time and see how it goes.
I
just wonder how I am going to be like a week from now, I hope I will be a lot
more stressed and will still be happy with the decision I made.
I can not even imagine how hard it was for you to quit dance. I remember when I stopped cheering my senior year, I felt like my whole life had changed so drastically over night.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like you put a lot of thought into this though and It probably was a great idea to have your mom their with you for support. Even though the coaches were disappointed, sometimes doing what is best for you ends up hurting others.
Have you started to apply to jobs yet? There are so many jobs that are hiring that you should have no problem finding one!
What a huge decision to make! I'm impressed that you had the follow through to do it early enough in the semester to be able to review how well reorganizing your time will affect you class-wise. I think this was a brave decision to make.
ReplyDeleteBe warned: when I was injured in college and was finally given a medical release to stop swimming, I was on a high right after: no more practices! No more mornings up at 5 a.m. I could do what I wanted to do! It had been over a decade and I had never had so much time. But I hadn't thought of what my life would be like after swimming, either. Some people who drop or lose their sport can go into depression or withdrawal--check this out by seeing if you can find scholarly articles published in sports journals. And what can you do to make sure you stay on top of your goal?