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I love dancing I remember my parents
first enrolled me into a ballet academy
when I was about three years old and I
thought it was the coolest thing in the
world
my first uniform was this full-on pink
outfit and it was like a pink leotard
pink skirt pink socks and things shoes
and I thought that I was on my way to
becoming a real dancer I remember I
would always be so excited for every
single class that I would be running
into the studio and there would also be
the older girls that I looked up to who
are in the higher levels and they had
you know different leotards and at the
time the people who had the highest
levels they had the black leotards and
they also had the pointe shoes where you
go up on your toes with and I thought
you know what I’m gonna be there one day
but then years passed and I started to
lose sight of what it really meant to me
I started to lose interest in dancing
and I started to think of it not as a
passion but more of like a lesson that I
had to go to it was like something that
I was obligated to do because my parents
paid for the classes I started thinking
this is too much for me it’s too much of
a hassle for me to put on the uniform
put my hair up in a bun or even go to
the Academy and I was just getting tired
after about 7 years of ballet I couldn’t
see it anyway after about 7 years I
started to gain interest in learning a
new kind of dance and it was the
complete opposite of what I had been
learning my entire life I joined the
dance group in my church and we danced
like hip hop or modern dance and
obviously it’s very very different but I
really enjoyed it
I would even add in some of my ballet
choreography zin to the performances
when I could but that moment right there
was where my love for the art grew the
more I learned about dancing the more I
started to realize how much I genuinely
loved
dancing and how much I enjoyed it even
if fish is a hobby as a hobby it sort of
became a huge stress relief for me
because while I was dancing I would
always be just so focused on the dance I
wouldn’t be able to think about anything
else even if it bothered me a lot so it
really helped when I was you know in
trouble or under a lot of stress because
I would be too focused in it to think
about anything else but then I had to
stop I needed to take a break for a
while about two years ago I was in dance
class and I was just doing the routine I
was you know doing the spins doing the
jumps and there was this one jump where
I had to have like one leg up behind me
and when I landed I felt this sharp pain
in my lower back and at first I just
brushed it off I thought it was nothing
much so I just continued but then it
didn’t get any better and I realized
that I had actually injured my back but
it wasn’t anything major I started
thinking to myself I just let’s just
take a break from dancing for a while
it’s okay but because I stopped I
started getting drowned in negative
thoughts because I was thinking I can’t
do it anymore I can’t improve and I
can’t dance the way I used to and I was
just really really sad about it for
months and it was just a constant cycle
of you know thinking and regretting that
I didn’t take initiative to you know get
myself better quicker or you know work
on a better technique so I didn’t get
injured in the first place but then at
one point I came to our realization that
there was something that I actually
gained from the injury time because I
had more free time I was able to
reevaluate myself and I started to look
at the better side of things now I had
more time to rest I had more time for my
studies
and I had more time for my other hobbies
as well and aside from that I also had
time to reevaluate myself and look at
the big picture where I was while I was
recovering
I would watch some old videos of myself
when I was dancing because with the
dance group we would be recording our
routines every week so that when we come
home we can revise them and we’ll still
remember them the next week and while I
was watching I realized that I would be
able to point out the mistakes that I
made because instead of actually doing
the dance I was watching it and then
that’s where I realized ok I’m not
giving enough energy in this area or I’m
not moving my arms correctly and I was
also comparing myself to some of my
inspirations online and it’s not good I
know it’s not good but it’s it was a
good motivation for me it’s like when
you have a quiz in school and you get it
back and it’s a bad result you start
panicking you start thinking oh my gosh
my parents are gonna kill me
I’m gonna have a bad report card what am
I gonna do but then because those
mistakes have been pointed out now you
know what it is that you’re lacking in
you can ask your teacher what it is that
you need to improve on and they will
specifically give you the answer so you
won’t need to stress about you know the
entire thing and when similar questions
come up in the next test or the next
exam you’ll be able to remember the
mistakes you did before and you’ll be
able to remember okay I shouldn’t be
doing this I should be doing that it’s
very easy to fall into negative thoughts
believe me and to sort of pick yourself
up and look at the better side of things
is much harder but when you’re actually
there it will make a huge difference in
your life
if you just took the time to take a step
back
take a deep breath and look you’ll
realize that there are so much more
things that you can you know do with
your life so if I were to leave you with
one message it will be this nothing in
your life is a hundred percent negative
obviously there would be some times
where it seems like it is but you really
need to take the time to think about it
and look at the other side of things
thank you
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I love dancing I remember my parents
first enrolled me into a ballet academy
when I was about three years old and I
thought it was the coolest thing in the
world
my first uniform was this full-on pink
outfit and it was like a pink leotard
pink skirt pink socks and things shoes
and I thought that I was on my way to
becoming a real dancer I remember I
would always be so excited for every
single class that I would be running
into the studio and there would also be
the older girls that I looked up to who
are in the higher levels and they had
you know different leotards and at the
time the people who had the highest
levels they had the black leotards and
they also had the pointe shoes where you
go up on your toes with and I thought
you know what I’m gonna be there one day
but then years passed and I started to
lose sight of what it really meant to me
I started to lose interest in dancing
and I started to think of it not as a
passion but more of like a lesson that I
had to go to it was like something that
I was obligated to do because my parents
paid for the classes I started thinking
this is too much for me it’s too much of
a hassle for me to put on the uniform
put my hair up in a bun or even go to
the Academy and I was just getting tired
after about 7 years of ballet I couldn’t
see it anyway after about 7 years I
started to gain interest in learning a
new kind of dance and it was the
complete opposite of what I had been
learning my entire life I joined the
dance group in my church and we danced
like hip hop or modern dance and
obviously it’s very very different but I
really enjoyed it
I would even add in some of my ballet
choreography zin to the performances
when I could but that moment right there
was where my love for the art grew the
more I learned about dancing the more I
started to realize how much I genuinely
loved
dancing and how much I enjoyed it even
if fish is a hobby as a hobby it sort of
became a huge stress relief for me
because while I was dancing I would
always be just so focused on the dance I
wouldn’t be able to think about anything
else even if it bothered me a lot so it
really helped when I was you know in
trouble or under a lot of stress because
I would be too focused in it to think
about anything else but then I had to
stop I needed to take a break for a
while about two years ago I was in dance
class and I was just doing the routine I
was you know doing the spins doing the
jumps and there was this one jump where
I had to have like one leg up behind me
and when I landed I felt this sharp pain
in my lower back and at first I just
brushed it off I thought it was nothing
much so I just continued but then it
didn’t get any better and I realized
that I had actually injured my back but
it wasn’t anything major I started
thinking to myself I just let’s just
take a break from dancing for a while
it’s okay but because I stopped I
started getting drowned in negative
thoughts because I was thinking I can’t
do it anymore I can’t improve and I
can’t dance the way I used to and I was
just really really sad about it for
months and it was just a constant cycle
of you know thinking and regretting that
I didn’t take initiative to you know get
myself better quicker or you know work
on a better technique so I didn’t get
injured in the first place but then at
one point I came to our realization that
there was something that I actually
gained from the injury time because I
had more free time I was able to
reevaluate myself and I started to look
at the better side of things now I had
more time to rest I had more time for my
studies
and I had more time for my other hobbies
as well and aside from that I also had
time to reevaluate myself and look at
the big picture where I was while I was
recovering
I would watch some old videos of myself
when I was dancing because with the
dance group we would be recording our
routines every week so that when we come
home we can revise them and we’ll still
remember them the next week and while I
was watching I realized that I would be
able to point out the mistakes that I
made because instead of actually doing
the dance I was watching it and then
that’s where I realized ok I’m not
giving enough energy in this area or I’m
not moving my arms correctly and I was
also comparing myself to some of my
inspirations online and it’s not good I
know it’s not good but it’s it was a
good motivation for me it’s like when
you have a quiz in school and you get it
back and it’s a bad result you start
panicking you start thinking oh my gosh
my parents are gonna kill me
I’m gonna have a bad report card what am
I gonna do but then because those
mistakes have been pointed out now you
know what it is that you’re lacking in
you can ask your teacher what it is that
you need to improve on and they will
specifically give you the answer so you
won’t need to stress about you know the
entire thing and when similar questions
come up in the next test or the next
exam you’ll be able to remember the
mistakes you did before and you’ll be
able to remember okay I shouldn’t be
doing this I should be doing that it’s
very easy to fall into negative thoughts
believe me and to sort of pick yourself
up and look at the better side of things
is much harder but when you’re actually
there it will make a huge difference in
your life
if you just took the time to take a step
back
take a deep breath and look you’ll
realize that there are so much more
things that you can you know do with
your life so if I were to leave you with
one message it will be this nothing in
your life is a hundred percent negative
obviously there would be some times
where it seems like it is but you really
need to take the time to think about it
and look at the other side of things
thank you
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