30 days, 30 dances ...: health

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11.14.2011

30. salad for dinner

So! After two misses (this and that), salad finally has its day. And that too on day 30. I've cooked so many recipes over the last 30 days, I still can't make myself a salad, as easy as it might be. I bought mine from Tomaydo Tomahhdo.

I'm not still not sure if I'll have a final post to 'review' the 30 days 30 dances program I enrolled myself in. I started writing that post, and but I fear publishing it here. I have a feeling it should be something I should read to myself. I don't know if I will publish it ...

11.10.2011

26. walk for 30 minutes inside / outside. climb 10 floors up and down.

I walked the entire length of my 14-story apartment building (it was too cold outside). You know what I noticed? The ceilings are higher on the floors at the bottom. I wonder why ...

And I also cooked my pasta, the one thing I usually never get wrong. I changed it up this time by adding some cheese and giving it the bake treatment (which I will do tomorrow morning).

11.05.2011

20. sleep at 10 pm

No, no, no, no. I did not forget to pick out another dance for .... well yesterday. I just post today (and consequently late) because I did my dance yesterday. I feel fresh! I needed this dance.

I'd like to thank Great Lakes Christmas Ale for helping me out with this one. I could not have done it without you. And I most certainly would not have passed out on my futon without your help, and that too right before I was about to blog about it. Can you imagine what this blog post would read like if I had posted last night?? I know I can't. I'd also like to thank my office for making it a week worthy of the said Christmas Ale.

And I just had to share this:

10.24.2011

9. 25 push-ups, 50 crunches, 20 burpees

What is a burpee? This is a burpee:

What is 30 days, 30 dances?

30 days. 30 dances. Fairly straight forward right? Well, let me just state that I don't dance. Well, not unless you add some alcohol to my system. That story's for another day (besides you've probably heard it, it's not original, there's nothing exciting about it). My dances are different.

The idea spawned from Miranda July's rather intriguing, albeit brilliant, film, The Future. In the movie, Sophie, a dance instructor, panics about a routine, uninteresting future and promises to pursue her life-long dreams in the present. She chooses to do 30 new dances for each of the next 30 days and post the video on YouTube. She stumbles upon "dancer's block" on day 1. She encounters it for the next few days and eventually, she gives up. At some level, I really connected to Sophie's despair. Also, a dear friend convinced me to try it out.

So I set about creating a list. For me, 30 days 30 dances, signifies a mix of creating something new and a to-do list. I have a long list of interests I want to pursue but I never find the time (a lie) and energy (the truth) to finally accomplish something worthwhile - everything gets initiated, but nothing gets to the finish line. These hobbies include watching movies, music, photography, cooking, reading, writing, learning the guitar.

So every morning, I will pick a random dance and before the end of the day, I will have to finish the dance to the best of my ability. I don't want to set many rules. I also hope that I can allow destiny (big word, I know!) to participate a little in my life. For the most part, I let my moods govern my life. 30 days 30 dances will force me to do something I "don't feel like" doing at that moment of time. In some respect, get me out of my comfort zone a little, even if it's something as insignificant as having a sandwich for dinner.

Choosing to blog about it was an impulsive decision, and a scary thought because I feared it would die a slow death like my previous blog did. But I thought maybe this blog will police the program I have embarked upon. Even if nobody's reading this, maybe I will feel obligated to keep posting about my dances.

Will I do this again after 30 days? I hope I will grow to like it. Will I be successful? Time will tell, it always does ...