New beginnings

So...  Now for this moment.  It's 2016 can you believe it? It's been more than a year since I came home from my exchange program.  Even tho in my last post I wrote about how badly my thesis was coming on, I did it.  I graduated last May and it's AWESOME.  Since that I've been teaching a lot. I mean, a lot.

At the moment I'm the head coach to one gymnastic group and teach ballet / technique / strength / what ever to three other groups in the same club.  I coach a dance group of former gymnasts.  I teach Limón based technique to one group and ballet to adults.  In January (today it's January 22nd) I've already taught five gymnastics choreographies and tomorrow I'm going to one more town to teach one more,  It's been great but also kinda tuff.  I was counting that in all of January I'll probably have at least seven different employers. Which, I guess, means that in a lot of ways I'm in the exactly same situation than a year ago, except for one huge relief.  I don't have a thesis to worry about! In just three weeks and a day I'll turn 25! I'm a bit excited actually :D

This blog used to be about me leaving Finland for dance, and I believe I now have a good reason to start posting again.  I have a very strong feeling about getting away from here, rather sooner than later.  I'm applying to Danshögskolan in Stockholm (if only I get all the paperwork done during next week!) and also looking at a lot of other possibilities. I'm feeling quite anxious about my situation right now, since altho I really like my job, I don't feel like it's taking me where I want to get.

During this and last week I've been writing so many job applications, looking for summer jobs and also checking a bunch of possibilities to dance/work/live in London.  I have at least for now let go of my dream of doing the Limón PSP, and am more focused on my possibilities in Europe. I'm applying for grants, saving, saving and saving to make it all possible.

If in a year I'm in this same situation, I will not be satisfied. As the title says, I'm definitely hoping for and working towards new beginnings.

And this is Finland

This blog was about my fall in New York, the capital of dance (amongst a few other things), but after spending just over two months back home in Finland I figured, why not continue with it.  It's not like I'm not dancing anymore, all though at the moment there's way more teaching than training, more gymnastics than dance and more saving money for the next training session than spending it training.

Since, yes, I am saving to get back to New York and to really get to the point of Limón technique, I don't wanna loose my improved English now do I?  So I'm gonna write in English.  At least for now.  Next time might be a whole other thing.  If there'll be a next time.

Anyway, I'm gonna get to the point.  The point of what, right?  I'm not really sure if I got anything to write about.  Since I've been home I've been writing my thesis (a pretty sad story actually, not getting anywhere with it, at least not as fast as I should...), and doing other less gigantic school stuff as well.  I've been creating and teaching gymnastics choreographies (lier! One of them I figured out almost from bottom to top in Fort Lauderdale already) and doing some couching as well.  I've also been doing gymnastics myself after some years' break.  I've been teaching ballet and doing my share on regional training camps for gymnasts.  I've even taught school kids on math, English, Finnish, reading, writing,... It's been busy I say that much.

Ten days ago I turned 24. That day, I was teaching first and second graders (7-8-year-olds) and they were all asking how old I was and their reactions came dragging my feet on the ground for realizing some facts.  "So you're like... like a real grown-up."  Priceless.  But I guess I am, at least starting to be, at least every once in a while :D

I was hoping to get to a Limón teaching workshop in Dresden this spring, but it looks like it's not gonna happen, as isn't the Limón training workshop in California in July either... But I'll get there, someday.  Right now I'm just really tired and trying to figure out where on earth did all these things come to me?  I mean, I mean, I just worked for like five different employers in two weeks, in three totally different fields.  I'm trying to give myself a break but it's hard when there's no time for breaks.  I'm scared I'm gonna actually break myself.

So... This post was written almost a year ago, but I never posted it.  Until now.  I was actually starting to write a new post when I realized I still have this one here, waiting.  I'm gonna write a new one anyway, there's one kind of a funny thing I just realized.