Gym Name Decided
and preparations for our first car boot sale in decades
This week has been far more productive than the last. Paid work, bus bits, some decent Jiu Jitsu training, admin for the new gym (name reveal below) and preparing for a huge car boot sale attempt happening (as you read this) today.
Also yes England lost to Argentina in the World Cup this week. I don’t care but of course it would have been great if we’d won. In these moments, of which the English are only too familiar, fans tend to focus on what our team and/or manager did wrong but Argentina were amazing so yay for them!
Bus Conversion
Generally I only write about fairly sizeable jobs that I’ve completed but there’s loads of small things I’m doing all the time that are just too boring to mention. This week all my bus time was these kinds of jobs. So, nothing to write about, but things that needed doing and are done.
Jiu Jitsu
Had a couple of good sessions this week but I’ve somehow fallen out of the habit of rolling with intention, after just a few weeks focusing only on the camp. This is worrying as I was starting to develop a good habit of remembering to have a particular focus when rolling and didn’t think I’d be able to lose it so quickly.
I’m still using the words focus and intention pretty interchangeably, which I’ve been told is incorrect. The person who told me this seemed to make a point of using both these words in a very pronounced way during their class, dare I say it, for my benefit. Unfortunately, much as my ears pricked and I was hoping to finally understand the difference, it still escapes me. I don’t know if it’s age, my drug-addled brain or just my IQ but I’m yet to hear definitions, in the context of Jiu Jitsu skill acquisition, adequately articulated for my understanding.
Base Submission Grappling
This is the name we finally decided on. It wasn’t my first choice, I was outvoted yet again 😏 I preferred Base Grapple Club as it’s a bit more friendly but I’m fine with this too. Designing a logo isn’t really my job but I threw a few ideas together to see if any of them had legs.
Currently now waiting for the landlord to change the lease into our company name so we can then finalise opening the bank account. That needs to be in place before the end of August so we still have time but I had actually hoped to have it done by the end of July, which is looking unlikely now.
Next Week…
Car boot sale is tomorrow morning. Both my Mum’s large Volvo estate and my little Toyota Aygo are chock full. I’m trying hard to keep expectations low.
Covering kids and adults Gi class on Wednesday.
Massive clean of the house and garden. Having a small gathering for my 50th birthday in a couple of weeks and the week leading up will be a lot of food prep so this week is cleaning.
"A house uncleaned is better than a life unlived"
British author and feminist Dame Rebecca West
Read this quote when I was in my twenties and have lived by it ever since but still, it has to be done from time to time.
Hope you’re not wasting time on an unnecessary amount of cleaning. Then again, if it makes you happy, go for it, who am I to judge?
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