Last year wasn’t much of a blogging year for me, but I’m hoping to make amends this year!
2013 was a fast and furious year. A new relationship, a new job, some surprises, some shitty news, some wonderful times, and some lovely trips. And, always, ashtanga, a ballast in the storm, even if, as I go into my fifth year of practice, there’s more plateau than ever before, backbends disappear and reappear, and sometimes just getting up and unrolling my mat feels like a very big accomplishment.
December is my favourite time in Joburg, even when I’m not actually in Joburg. The normal grit and pace is tempered by a mass exodus to the sea, a big heavy exhale, roads are calm, emails remain unanswered, and there is a collective agreement that work will only resume in the second week of January. And here we are in that very week, the slumbering giant awaking, industry cogs beginning to whir.
I inevitably feel a little overwhelmed at the thought of a whole new year, especially I guess this year with its lack of a job right now, and the relentlessness of time passing. I think though, if there is one resolution I’ll make a daily practice, it’ll be to let go of comparisons to other people and the perception I have of their lives. No good can come of it.
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