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Jeremy Morrison wrote:
You said but it sounds like that would be the end for you, in kempo anyway. Do you think your commitment level is a problem because you want to focus on a goal or because someone else told you that you should be more goal-oriented? Why beat yourself up about not doing something you don't care to do? Why "stick it out" for a goal that is largely illusory and probably won't be, in itself, very fulfilling?
So, why do you bounce? And why do you feel that you can't practise both? And when you stop practising, do you deliberately leave or do you go less and less and then eventually stop going altogether. And finally (not a non sequitur), do you watch a lot of television?
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Good questions. The commitment problem is something that occurs in several areas of my life(ie playing music). I just think in martial arts, the goal of black belt is something tangable that you can see and hold, in music there really isn't anything like that. I think part of it is what other people have said. It does bother me that I can seem to stick to something, but it bothers me even more when others remind me of it, so to me the black belt might take care of both. As far aa quitting, it's more of a go less and lees, then finally stop. I've also gotten pretty good at making excuses for why I can't go tonight, or how it doesn't fit into my schedule. And no, I don't really like the television, but I am a computer addict