Wrapping it up!

This whole blogging experience was way better than I thought it would be. In the beginning of this semester, when I first heard that we were blogging in my English 112 class, I hated the idea because, writing really isn’t my thing, and that I wasn’t really comfortable putting my blogs and my business out in public. I would have never pictured myself ever blogging, but these past four months blogging has been great!

There were so many topics to choose from, but I knew that time management was the right choice for me. My time management in the beginning of the semester was terrible, I would never have any time on my hands, I procrastinated way too much, and I was stressed to the max. But blogging about my problems with time management definitely helped me get through it.

Blogging about time management made me realize that I just can’t do everything and that I need to say no sometimes. Reading other bloggers in my community and reading articles, gave me some really good suggestions and ideas.

After reading blogs and articles, I made a huge decision, and that was to quit dance for the rest of the year. Honestly, quitting dance was one of the best things that I have done, because I thought I would never give up something that I loved and have been doing for 15 years, but I realized that it was taking up too much of my time and that I needed to stop and focus on school.

Ever since quitting dance I have had more time on my hands, I am less stressed and I have been able to focus on my school work. I wouldn’t have been able to do all of this if I never have blogged, so I am very happy that I chose this topic, because it has to help me get through my struggles and has helped make some really big decisions and also, I have gotten some really great feedback.

Even though I don’t think I was a part of my community at all, I really enjoyed reading and commenting on other peoples blogs in my community. I felt that I wasn’t a part of my community because I would comment on blogs more than once but they never would never respond or would never comment on my blogs.  But I am pretty sure that I am not the only that this is happening to.

For being a first time blogger, I thought my blogs were pretty good and very successful. I have over 150 page views, and have had people from all over the world read my blogs, which makes me feel great. Even though I was a bit nervous about writing my blogs, a lot of people have tend to like my posts which it great.  Although, I did have a hard time writing my first couple of blogs, but they started to get easier each week I did them.

Overall, I am very pleased with all of my blog posts, and I honestly wouldn’t change a thing. I think that blogging is such a great way to get out your thoughts, ideas, struggles, and experiences. Even though I am not continuing with my blogs, I am so happy that I was able to blog about time management in my English 112 class; I probably wouldn’t be able to accomplish all of the things that I have been able to accomplish now.

I finally was able to say NO!

Last week, I got an unexpected call from my dance teacher saying that he needed to me to teach for one of my teachers since she is pregnant and is going on bed rest soon.  I called him on Saturday saying that I don’t think I will be able to teach, because, I need to focus a lot on school since finals and exams are around the corner and that I will be really stressed going up to Alexandria 4 days a week. He said that he understands, and that he is going to try to find someone else. He felt bad because all of the pressure was on me and because this was a last minute thing.

I think I made the right decision by saying no, even though I feel really bad because I know I let my dance teachers down. But at the end of the day, focusing on my education is more important.

Yesterday, I got another unexpected call and it was my dance teacher again. He called to apologize about asking me to teach at the last minute me and that he found someone else to teach, so I don’t have to worry. But he also called to tell me that he is going to need a teacher in the summer for summer classes, I told him that I am willing to do it because its only twice a week, for only a month.

Since my teacher offered me to teach summer classes, I think I am going to take his offer and do it. He told me that I would get paid, and that would be good for me because I could really use some money over the summer.

The only thing I am not looking forward to in teaching summer classes is that I have to go all the way to Alexandria, and there probably will be a lot of traffic going up there and going back home.  But in the end I am willing to do anything for my dance studio since they have done a lot for me.

I dont know what to do!

It has been a month ever since I have taken a break off of dance, and I love it and miss it all at the same time.

I got an unexpected call the other day; my tap teacher wants me to teach for my jazz teacher because she is pregnant and is due in May and she is leaving in a week or so. When he told me this I was so shocked that I had to tell him that I would have to call him back. I talked to my mom about this and she didn’t really think it would be a great idea because she said that she has noticed a change in me, for example I am less tired, I get all of my work done, I seem very happy and that I have more time on my hands. So I had no clue what I was going to say to my teacher about this

 I really wanted to do it, but, I know that I’m going to go back to the same routine as before which is go to class, then go to dance, then do my homework, and then go to sleep. I thought about this for a couple of days and I called him back and I asked him when he needed an answer and he said by tomorrow, so I am really torn on what to do.

This is a lot of pressure on me because I don’t want to let them down, and because I am really the only person they have left to ask. I wouldn’t mind doing it if it was for a couple of days but the days I would teach would be Tuesday-Friday, and that would be a lot of time I am giving up.  

I keep on having mixed feelings about this, because I really want to teach but I don’t want to lose my freedom again, and not only am I dancing but I am teaching so that is a really big step for me if do it. If I do it I feel like I am going to be really stressed out because when my teacher is gone there are still three competitions left and then recital! So that is really stressful and the pressure is all on me if I say that I can’t teach.

I mean I will do anything for my dance studio because I have been there for 15 years, but this is big and hard decision for me and I really don’t know what I am going to do.

It just stinks because I have been doing so well with my time management and then all of sudden this comes up, and I know if I say yes to teaching all of my hard work and my time management is going to down grade a lot. This is just a really hard decision, any ideas or suggestions?