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Classically British
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Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
Classically British
5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
Posted:
Really bad timing - just as falmouth is coming up, but I seem to have lost all interest in poi
Contact Juggling - I can pick up and play with any time. Finding it very slow progress at the moment but still enjoying it.
Double Staffs -
But poi
Maybe it's because I've been doing it for longer than anything else. Maybe it's because I haven't learnt anything new for a while. But it just bores me now.
There are moves out there I could learn, but frankly can't see the point. There are moves out there that I just can't seem to learn. There's nothing really inspiring me to spin or learn poi anymore (Apart from some nice wibbles off Mr Chutney recently - thanks
)
I used to get home from work and instantly pick up poi and spin in my room and learn stuff - but recently, meh. Nothing. No inclination to pick up the ol' socks at all.
Anyone else have this?
Words of advice?
Chocolate muffins?
Really bad timing - just as falmouth is coming up, but I seem to have lost all interest in poi
Contact Juggling - I can pick up and play with any time. Finding it very slow progress at the moment but still enjoying it.
Double Staffs -
But poi
Maybe it's because I've been doing it for longer than anything else. Maybe it's because I haven't learnt anything new for a while. But it just bores me now.There are moves out there I could learn, but frankly can't see the point. There are moves out there that I just can't seem to learn. There's nothing really inspiring me to spin or learn poi anymore (Apart from some nice wibbles off Mr Chutney recently - thanks
)I used to get home from work and instantly pick up poi and spin in my room and learn stuff - but recently, meh. Nothing. No inclination to pick up the ol' socks at all.
Anyone else have this?
Words of advice?
Chocolate muffins?
Burner of Toast
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Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
Posted:
Maybe you'll regain your inspiration at Falmouth, maybe this was the perfect timing!
anyway,
just in case you don't!
Maybe you'll regain your inspiration at Falmouth, maybe this was the perfect timing!
anyway,
just in case you don't! My state of mind is not yours to define!
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
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Pirate Ninja
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Location: Galway/Ireland
Pirate Ninja
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Location: Galway/Ireland
Posted:
double staffs
Put those socks back on your feet durbs.
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double staffs
Put those socks back on your feet durbs.
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Love is the law.
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old hand
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Location: San Francisco, California, USA
old hand
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Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Posted:
on the one hand...
on the other hand, if you're not feelin it, you're not feelin it. there's no point in forcing it. i think that everyone in their creative life eventually hits a point where they have nothing more to say in a particular mode. when that happens, it's best to let it go and explore what does interest you even if you feel sad about it or feel like everything you've done up till that point was all in vain.
so i say don't worry about not being interested in poi anymore. explore what does interest you, go deeper into the contact juggling (i really like your vids by the way
), go deeper into double staff, and i wouldn't be surprised if at some point you'll be inspired with poi again.
on the one hand...
on the other hand, if you're not feelin it, you're not feelin it. there's no point in forcing it. i think that everyone in their creative life eventually hits a point where they have nothing more to say in a particular mode. when that happens, it's best to let it go and explore what does interest you even if you feel sad about it or feel like everything you've done up till that point was all in vain.
so i say don't worry about not being interested in poi anymore. explore what does interest you, go deeper into the contact juggling (i really like your vids by the way
), go deeper into double staff, and i wouldn't be surprised if at some point you'll be inspired with poi again. taken out of context i must seem so strange
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NYC
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Location: NYC, NY, USA
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Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Dude, that happens to me all the time.
Play with what you want.
I spent all winter laying track for a model railroad in my living room.
If you're LOOKING for a different direction in poi, I'm having a great time chatting with the kids at glowsticking.com It's very different than the poi we're used to.
Gotta go home and sand my loading dock.
Dude, that happens to me all the time.
Play with what you want.
I spent all winter laying track for a model railroad in my living room.
If you're LOOKING for a different direction in poi, I'm having a great time chatting with the kids at glowsticking.com It's very different than the poi we're used to.
Gotta go home and sand my loading dock.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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Location: Wonderland igloo, Vic, Australia
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Location: Wonderland igloo, Vic, Australia
Posted:
Gasp..Durbs...bored with Poi?!
Dont worry, it happens to all of us - you've just got burnout or a "drought" as some people call it.
A drought is wheer yopu have no inspiration, no motivation or desire to do poi/staff/juggling/whatever.
It will pass...perhaps Falmouth will get you motivated...hope so!
Gasp..Durbs...bored with Poi?!
Dont worry, it happens to all of us - you've just got burnout or a "drought" as some people call it.
A drought is wheer yopu have no inspiration, no motivation or desire to do poi/staff/juggling/whatever.
It will pass...perhaps Falmouth will get you motivated...hope so!
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Pooh-Bah
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Canada
Posted:
Bored of poi?? NOW is the perfect time for that piece of advice so frequently and erroreously given to newbies.
Put on some music and dance !!!
No, seriously, this is a great time to get out of the coming home from work and practicing in my room routine. Sounds like maybe a change might help with your motivation. Try spinning in a public area, barefoot on the grass, take up a twenty by twenty foot area when you spin, walk around with your poi. Don't be a weather wimp.
Hope it helps.......
Bored of poi?? NOW is the perfect time for that piece of advice so frequently and erroreously given to newbies.
Put on some music and dance !!!
No, seriously, this is a great time to get out of the coming home from work and practicing in my room routine. Sounds like maybe a change might help with your motivation. Try spinning in a public area, barefoot on the grass, take up a twenty by twenty foot area when you spin, walk around with your poi. Don't be a weather wimp.
Hope it helps.......
Master of the Munchkins
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Posted:
stoppoi for a short while, and then eventually you will think "wow, i havnt spun poi for a long time, actually i would really like to" the same happened to me and i spun my poi for the first time in ages just last weekend, the last time was in the summer, so about half a year it works
stoppoi for a short while, and then eventually you will think "wow, i havnt spun poi for a long time, actually i would really like to" the same happened to me and i spun my poi for the first time in ages just last weekend, the last time was in the summer, so about half a year
it works Are you that clever that you smile forever?
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Classically British
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Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
Classically British
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Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
Posted:
Put on some music and dance ~ done
spinning in a public area ~ done
barefoot on the grasst ~ done
take up a twenty by twenty foot area when you spin ~ done
walk around with your poi ~ done
Don't be a weather wimp ~ Done, oh so many times
Put on some music and dance ~ done
spinning in a public area ~ done
barefoot on the grasst ~ done
take up a twenty by twenty foot area when you spin ~ done
walk around with your poi ~ done
Don't be a weather wimp ~ Done, oh so many times
Burner of Toast
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Pirate Ninja
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Posted:
put your socks back on
honeslty, just give it a break, do whatever floats your boat
put your socks back on
honeslty, just give it a break, do whatever floats your boat
Love is the law.
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Still wiggling
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Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
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Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
Wait til this weekend Durbs.
All you need is lots of eager people (for example, me) begging to be taught new things and obviously inspired by your creative genius
Wait til this weekend Durbs.
All you need is lots of eager people (for example, me) begging to be taught new things and obviously inspired by your creative genius
Getting to the other side 
NYC
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Location: NYC, NY, USA
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Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Does this worry you Durbs?
You seem to be having a great time?
Why put undo pressure for one toy to please you if you're smiling anyway?
(Off to spraypaint the loading dock Gray or Grey. I haven't decided. )
Does this worry you Durbs?
You seem to be having a great time?
Why put undo pressure for one toy to please you if you're smiling anyway?
(Off to spraypaint the loading dock Gray or Grey. I haven't decided.
) Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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Still wiggling
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Still wiggling
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Posted:
Grey is more subtle
Grey is more subtle
Getting to the other side
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: London, UK
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Posted:
its not jsut creative things - everyone hits a point with something they enjoy that they get bored or something annoys
just leave it for a while then come back to it and try and go in a comepltely differnt direction with it :P
or maybe try combinging :P poi in one hand staff in the other :P
its not jsut creative things - everyone hits a point with something they enjoy that they get bored or something annoys
just leave it for a while then come back to it and try and go in a comepltely differnt direction with it :P
or maybe try combinging :P poi in one hand staff in the other :P
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Posted:
NYC wow, what gauge track have you gone for?
Durbs:Poi - Maybe you completed it, You know finished all the levels, killed the big boss gone back and found all the secret levels and easter eggs, replayed the whole thing as tails
NYC wow, what gauge track have you gone for?
Durbs:Poi - Maybe you completed it, You know finished all the levels, killed the big boss gone back and found all the secret levels and easter eggs, replayed the whole thing as tails
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Location: amsterdam, Netherlands
Posted:
it happens to me about every half year...
don't know why it happens, basically just don't see the point in it anymore.
don't know why the desire comes back. I guess it usually comes back when I meet new people who do poi. that way it gets a new social impulse. come to think of it. the 2 times I got bored was right after I just learned some "new" stuff that I thought to be "amazing" before. I also never really had the urge to show off in public, although I love performing. so I'm with ado-p here: hang up your socks, maybe at chrismas time they will be filled with desire again
it happens to me about every half year...
don't know why it happens, basically just don't see the point in it anymore.
don't know why the desire comes back. I guess it usually comes back when I meet new people who do poi. that way it gets a new social impulse. come to think of it. the 2 times I got bored was right after I just learned some "new" stuff that I thought to be "amazing" before. I also never really had the urge to show off in public, although I love performing. so I'm with ado-p here: hang up your socks, maybe at chrismas time they will be filled with desire again
eRic.
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NYC
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Location: NYC, NY, USA
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Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
N. 1/160.
It makes my apartment look bigger.
My goal is to be done by Christmas. I'll post pictures if I manage to finish. It's only a 2x4' shelf though.
In your quest to do all of my hobbies you'll be ditching swing and starting a layout in... let's say two years?
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NYC wow, what gauge track have you gone for?
N. 1/160.
It makes my apartment look bigger.
My goal is to be done by Christmas. I'll post pictures if I manage to finish. It's only a 2x4' shelf though.
In your quest to do all of my hobbies you'll be ditching swing and starting a layout in... let's say two years?
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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Posted:
i seem to get that feeling frequently too. usually what pulls me out of it is being around other people who poi as well (but not the ones who are arrogant about it...the ones who love what they do but don't care how they look doing it). usually being with those type of people pulls me out of a rut. it's the same with everything i do. i love the community aspect of activities, because to me, everything i do is a way to connect, to share.
so my advice, if you've hit the point to where you're bored, then take a break. there's nothing wrong with that. but if you don't want to be bored with it, then hook up with some good friends who love to poi and don't care how they look doing it, and i'm guessing you might find a spark of motivation.
i seem to get that feeling frequently too. usually what pulls me out of it is being around other people who poi as well (but not the ones who are arrogant about it...the ones who love what they do but don't care how they look doing it). usually being with those type of people pulls me out of a rut. it's the same with everything i do. i love the community aspect of activities, because to me, everything i do is a way to connect, to share.
so my advice, if you've hit the point to where you're bored, then take a break. there's nothing wrong with that. but if you don't want to be bored with it, then hook up with some good friends who love to poi and don't care how they look doing it, and i'm guessing you might find a spark of motivation.
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Returning to a unique state of Equilibrium
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Returning to a unique state of Equilibrium
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Posted:
travel
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travel
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sleeping with angels
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sleeping with angels
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Location: anaheim CA usa
Posted:
that happens when you havent learned anything new in a while it all seems repetive. but if you look hard enuf you will find a new move that will take you forever to learn and your intrest will be sparked again
that happens when you havent learned anything new in a while it all seems repetive.
but if you look hard enuf you will find a new move that will take you forever to learn and your intrest will be sparked again SLEEP WITH ANGELS muckieha
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1 + 1 = 3
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Posted:
What about starting something new, Like picking up a devilstick, or diabolo?
Ther's untold stuff you can do with a stick, I guarantee (if you got into it more than you have in the past) you'll stick with it for ages. *no pun intended*
In fact, bring your DS to falmouth. I'm sure me and DsAds can teach you a few things to make you thirst for more. Would be a turnaround of events, you learning and me teaching...
What about starting something new, Like picking up a devilstick, or diabolo?
Ther's untold stuff you can do with a stick, I guarantee (if you got into it more than you have in the past) you'll stick with it for ages. *no pun intended*
In fact, bring your DS to falmouth. I'm sure me and DsAds can teach you a few things to make you thirst for more. Would be a turnaround of events, you learning and me teaching...
Empty your mind. Be formless, Shapeless, like Water.
Put Water into a cup, it becomes the cup, put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, put water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Water can flow, or it can Crash.
Be Water My Friend.
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Posted:
What first inspired you to do poi? CJ? Juggling? Staff? Take a moment to think back, and see if you can't grasp that inspiration again...
Just a thought.
What first inspired you to do poi? CJ? Juggling? Staff? Take a moment to think back, and see if you can't grasp that inspiration again...
Just a thought.
Empty your mind. Be formless, Shapeless, like Water.
Put Water into a cup, it becomes the cup, put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, put water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Water can flow, or it can Crash.
Be Water My Friend.
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Posted:
And I'll have one of your chocolate muffins...
And I'll have one of your chocolate muffins...
Empty your mind. Be formless, Shapeless, like Water.
Put Water into a cup, it becomes the cup, put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, put water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Water can flow, or it can Crash.
Be Water My Friend.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
I get bored with poi every so often too - sometimes for weeks or months. But I have always come back - so far at least! though I can't say I always will...
Once upon a time I lived to surf - you couldn't get me out of the water. I was like that for years and years.
Now it is an effort to ever get myself to do it, even when I am on a beach with real waves around.
Maybe if I went back to an area with regularly accessable waves, I might get into the habit of it again - dunno.
As the man in "big wednesday" says, "no one surfs forever!"
so then, perhaps no one pois forever?
I get bored with poi every so often too - sometimes for weeks or months. But I have always come back - so far at least! though I can't say I always will...
Once upon a time I lived to surf - you couldn't get me out of the water. I was like that for years and years.
Now it is an effort to ever get myself to do it, even when I am on a beach with real waves around.
Maybe if I went back to an area with regularly accessable waves, I might get into the habit of it again - dunno.
As the man in "big wednesday" says, "no one surfs forever!"
so then, perhaps no one pois forever?
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Pooh-Bah
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Posted:
me too hun.. :hugs:
me too hun.. :hugs:
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: austin,tx
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Posted:
STIX! whoah. long time.
option 1.)"follow your bliss" don't worry about it. once i stopped for 9 months. even though it kills your tech, so does getting sick of it and burning out. take dance classes.
option 2.) discipline=doing it even when it isn't fun. get up off yer arse and do 1000 butterflies ya bum
option 3.) teach. often it keeps your enthusiasm alive... at least it keeps you practicing basics
option 4.) keep going maniacally because arashi never stops (disregard above;)) and you gotta show me up when we meet!
STIX! whoah. long time.
option 1.)"follow your bliss" don't worry about it. once i stopped for 9 months. even though it kills your tech, so does getting sick of it and burning out. take dance classes.
option 2.) discipline=doing it even when it isn't fun. get up off yer arse and do 1000 butterflies ya bum
option 3.) teach. often it keeps your enthusiasm alive... at least it keeps you practicing basics
option 4.) keep going maniacally because arashi never stops (disregard above;)) and you gotta show me up when we meet!
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Posted:
"get up off yer arse and do 1000 butterflies ya bum"
tut tut, arashi - giving away the best secrets...
contact rocks Durbs, you'll be back tho..
Jo.
"get up off yer arse and do 1000 butterflies ya bum"
tut tut, arashi - giving away the best secrets...
contact rocks Durbs, you'll be back tho..
Jo.
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Posted:
i totally know what you mean...ive been doing all the same moves recently and getting a lil bored of them. as i dont really see many spinners often i dont have anyone to inspire me. falmouth will help im sure. im sure it'll come for you lovely!
i totally know what you mean...ive been doing all the same moves recently and getting a lil bored of them. as i dont really see many spinners often i dont have anyone to inspire me. falmouth will help im sure. im sure it'll come for you lovely! Livin' on dreams and custard creams
Pooh-Bah
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Posted:
Hey Arashi
I did have a little spin to a very good tune the other day - the sun was shining tho so that might have been the raisin
I did nothing but easy butterflys and stops.. none of this flibble-floobler uber tricks that just depress me when I see people doing them.. there for I'm not even going to try.. this ol' lady is focusing on the flow
Hey Arashi
I did have a little spin to a very good tune the other day - the sun was shining tho so that might have been the raisin
I did nothing but easy butterflys and stops.. none of this flibble-floobler uber tricks that just depress me when I see people doing them.. there for I'm not even going to try.. this ol' lady is focusing on the flow
I honour you as an aspect of myself..
You are never to old to storm a bouncey castle..
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old hand
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Poi? Man that's soooo last summer, go buy yourself a pair of diablo, now that's where's it's at
hhhahahahaha
Poi? Man that's soooo last summer, go buy yourself a pair of diablo, now that's where's it's at
hhhahahahaha
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Posted:
nice to find this thread man... even more shockingly i've had a bit of time off from everything lately. 
when i say time off i mean spinning only once a week or less which for me is unheard of. Think it might have something to do with over saturation and lack of being outside and the fact that i want a different set of practice poi which i've yet to sort myself out with... but the simple answer is that i've been stuck in my room or the library reading for and writing my dissertation for ages.
Its a bit crap but it means when i finally have the time to spin again i'm gonna so love it.. i've noticed that when i do pick my poi up i enjoy it more and hopefully the pause will help me break out of any nasty habits i might have been in before.... i just hope that after all the hard work the BJC this weekend doesn't scupper the last term of my degree....
nice to find this thread man... even more shockingly i've had a bit of time off from everything lately. when i say time off i mean spinning only once a week or less which for me is unheard of. Think it might have something to do with over saturation and lack of being outside and the fact that i want a different set of practice poi which i've yet to sort myself out with... but the simple answer is that i've been stuck in my room or the library reading for and writing my dissertation for ages. Its a bit crap but it means when i finally have the time to spin again i'm gonna so love it.. i've noticed that when i do pick my poi up i enjoy it more and hopefully the pause will help me break out of any nasty habits i might have been in before.... i just hope that after all the hard work the BJC this weekend doesn't scupper the last term of my degree....
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