As most of the crochet community knows, those who crochet are known as hookers. Shout out to all my lovely hooker friends online and in real life!! I’ve been “hooking” since I was 12 or 13 I don’t even remember now. It’s a hobby I put down and go back to but it’s always going to be a part of my life.
Last year I started uni, I decided I wanted to try new, out of the ordinary things and so I started pole dancing, not by myself, I also enlisted my cousin’s now fiance to come with me. After the introductory first 6 weeks we were all hooked (see what I did there? ;)). Our class became so comfortable with one another, we became good friends and we were a sort of family. It was absolutely a great experience. We had an amazing instructor, Sarah did a great job of making people feel like they belong, she made sure we were all safe and that we were all learning and perfecting and doing the best we could. We were pushed to our best ability. We all felt incredibly safe given the fact we were hanging upside down holding on with only our inner thighs (oh the memory of the first pain and pretty pole kisses, a.k.a. bruises).
However at the end of last year I left my job of almost 2 years for a much better environment, as happy as I am there I have been struggling for money. I have prided myself on being good with money but when my circumstances changed it was very hard to accept that I couldn’t save as much nor could I keep doing all the things I had been (namely buying bad $5 coffee everyday at uni). Things had to change. One of the things I gave up was pole dancing.
I have missed it so very much. Yesterday something changed. I realized i had to look after myself, do things that I want to do. I know that I have lost muscle and gained weight while I haven’t been doing pole but I feel so comfortable with my pole community that I don’t care, I don’t feel like I will be judged, I don’t feel like people will. My good friend, Merekara, and I have made a pact, we both committed to 3 months of pole, it’s less than $15 a week and I’ve decided for my health (mental and physical) I can afford that.
So in all this post was all about taking care of yourself! Don’t worry if you cant save that extra $20 a week, it’s so much better to feel good now and to be healthy in the present than be better off in the future. Sorry that there’s no yarn related stuff today I’m hoping to get back to writing a little more regularly, for the people that are reading thank you! It does mean a lot to me knowing that there are people who view my rambling.
Happy Hooking!!
XOX
Sasha
wooltangler 