I have been diligently paying for a gym membership for probably 3 years (they auto withdraw every month). Yet, I can count the times I have actually used that membership using my fingers and toes. Sad- but true. Originally I signed up because my sister Beth was a personal trainer for a hot minute and I wanted to support her, and we were going to work out all the time together. But she only worked there a few months and then eventually she moved back towards her home town and my gym ambitions left with her.
Then something amazing happened... while I was in California staying for a couple of days at a really nice hotel in SF my kids convinced me to go to the gym with them, and I liked it. Mind you, they only had a couple of treadmills and some hand weights and stair climbers, but that made it less intimidating. It became obvious to me that there was no reason for me to be such a slacker and not use my membership... so this past week I began going to the gym! YAY me! And even more importantly- I LIKED IT! I think that having an mp3 player with some really good playlists helps out cause I can tune out all the other folks in the gym, which is nice.
Sure, part of me is freaking out about having "free time" which translates into "not enough work yet to pay all my bills since I decided to take a stand and not teach a ton of university classes if they weren't going to meet my basic needs." So I may be broke and currently underemployed, but give me a few months and I am gonna be in way better shape. Can you put a price on that?
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