The pandemic definitely makes things go by so fast. Training-wise, it doesn’t only feel like, “push the reset button,” but also just a reset button as in you are basically teaching an army of beginners. and a MASS number of them. On one hand, it’s good for the future of naginata, because the lack of …
Karate is hard
But honestly, I think it’s VERY good for kids. Wow, I thought that everyone was doing well online and following directions because they weren’t complaining as much and didn’t seem lost, but omg, when they came to the gym in person, holy shit, they were CLUELESS. Some of the super young kids couldn’t tell the …
Karate Unit
So I started off the year by teaching a karate unit. I honestly was such an idiot for not doing this before—I mean it only makes LOGICAL SENSE to teach something that I’ve done for 12 years, and although rusty, I am much more familiar with compared to the typical heteronormative white male-dominated realm of …
Wow, and that was an entire year
Wow, time really does feel slow when you don’t have anything else going on in your life due to the pandemic. It was easy to waste time and find excuses to waste time, just because you cannot get into your usual routine. It gets harder and harder to fight it off as well. I have …
COVID Budgeting
Budgeting has been very different during COVID due to decreases and increases in my income in different ways. Not getting paid in the summer really also screws you over when it comes to savings and such as well. Bleh. I think I’m going to scrap the Finance Planner for this year and just start fresh …
Wow, a year has literally felt like a waste
At least for me, if you’re not busy with something that keeps you going forward in your life (in my case, naginata), everything just feels like a bag of potato chips containing empty calories. You want to train, but cannot. You have all these home improvement projects that you had in mind during this corona …
What I also learned from plants:
One thing I struggled with a lot, was what people thought about me. I think I have finally come to terms with the fact that no matter what you do or say, haters are going to hate and that’s ok. That it’s ok to let go of people who aren’t who you thought they were.. …
“Budo as a garden”
So I’m sure many of you are wondering why I’m posting so many pictures of plants. Tbh, because the dojo is closed, I don’t have anyone to nurture except for my plants. I also am very limited with what I can do in my house during the stay-at-home order, so yes, plants seem to be …
White Plant Notes from neo_plants_flowers
White Anderson – No white on petiolar sheaths (but some exceptions for highly variegated plants) – Looks like a “White PPP” – Starts off pink, but hardens to white – Reds, pinks, whites, greys – Pointer, heart-shaped leaves – Red stems – Has “freckles”/splotches of different colors White Knight – Red stems, but white petiolar …
Finding myself again
Recently bought orchids, thinking about buying another rabbit. It’s funny, these were ‘old things’ that I did (also doing it under pressures of being broke), and it’s been a long while. While I have learned new things and I guess have made the new things part of me during the ‘changing process’/losing myself, I guess …