tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1887568350765801251.post1406811284323559429..comments2017-10-31T13:09:24.163-07:00Comments on Confessions of an Adult Irish Dancer: Mid Summer BluesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1887568350765801251.post-13601766371296599952013-09-06T08:53:54.195-07:002013-09-06T08:53:54.195-07:00Great blog...I love hearing from other adult dance...Great blog...I love hearing from other adult dancers taking classes with the kids because it reminds me there are other people like me out there. I am the only one over the age of 18 at my school in the non-champ classes. I admire your courage in competing in "and overs"...I desperately want to, but haven't been brave enough to drop down yet. Congrats on your recent placementsI hope we hear more about your adventures this dance year. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1887568350765801251.post-49728877026943120192013-08-11T20:57:00.592-07:002013-08-11T20:57:00.592-07:00Sorry I haven't responded to your comment til ...Sorry I haven't responded to your comment til now! Sadly my biggest problem when it comes to practicing is that even when I can talk myself into it (I use the same, 20 minutes lying to myself trick!) I don't really have any place to go. All concrete subfloors in my flat, and no way to really build a floating dance floor. I can't even say I'll save up money and buy some jubilee tiles cause from everything I have read, its better to not use them on the fluffy, high pile carpets that we have.<br /><br />LUCKILY, classes start again soon, and my work schedule has changed that I might even be able to make it to more then one class a week. *Crossing fingers*Mearahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16956057275311746012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1887568350765801251.post-69598819488113885972013-07-27T08:41:20.685-07:002013-07-27T08:41:20.685-07:00Congrats on the good results at your last feis! I...Congrats on the good results at your last feis! I hope you're able to find a way to motivate yourself to practice; I know how hard it is, especially as an adult with lots of other responsibilities--and especially with no feis coming up to give you something to shoot for. I am having an easy time motivating myself this summer but it's only because I've had to learn a lot of new work for our next feis and I know if I don't learn it I'll get up an make a fool of myself onstage. On the off-season, I find it SO much harder to practice. <br /><br />Sometimes it helps me if I tell myself I only have to practice for a short amount of time--like 20 minutes. That seems doable, and it's easier to get started. (And then usually I get into it and end up practicing for longer--and half the time I knew this would happen when I said "only 20 minutes". I guess I'm a pretty convincing liar, even when I'm lying to myself.)vanyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770256407127657004noreply@blogger.com