The thing is (yeah let's jump right in, no context or anything because I've written on this before) that I really want to explore options. Who knows, I might really be into yoga, or into dancing, or into swimming and about ten other things. But does it make sense to commit a month worth of one's evening into such exploration when one already had a hectic schedule and so many plans (TM). I do want to learn swimming, but at what cost, and I mean that literally and figuratively, and what tradeoffs would I be willing to make?
Take a step back, I ended up paying 150 bucks for UW gym membership, it lasts me only one month because we're right midway into this quarter. I was expecting to pay like sixty bucks, so that's summat more than anticipated, but the money's not that much of a big deal. If I go to the gym a few times, or attend like six classes, as the guys at the gym said, I'll make my money's worth. And yeah if I'd known the full cost of the thing, I'd have reconsidered it, for sure, but honestly....ugh it's not terribly bad. Like obviously had I got two months it would be an incredible deal, but even now, this is like decent, seeing as the university's really good?
The swimming class costs $45 bucks more, which I'm not uncomfortable with, but I'm wondering if I want to commit to a twice-a-week schedule for the next four weeks. The commute takes longer than the length of the class which is a bit of a bummer for me, but like whatever. To learn one must invest. Mostly time in this case. And the $150 elsewhere is already sunk cost.
What if I don't like dancing as much I anticipate, or yoga, or so many other things? I guess that's fine? I wouldn't know otherwise, right, and the only other way to do it is to pay a lot more for local classes to find out. I'd be making my money back after attending seven yoga or dance sessions, which I intend to. In fact my goals are kinda kookie crazy...I want to attend more or less every day. Which is likely not going to be possible. But I don't know...what to focus on, where to look at, how to prioritize. Agghhh!
the fear is if I overstretch myself trying to make the most out of my money, and put myself in misery in doing so. But it's not that much money, and seven sessions over one month, including the weekends is not a crazy commitment. Besides, going to the university is going to be a nice change of scenery for me, maybe I'll even learn something I didn't know, and my outlook on life might change?
I should see this as an investment in exploring my interests, if I want to keep going, I can make sure I see to the end of the startup's life, if I know early on that it's not for me, then I can back out? Otherwise how else would I know? And this is a great price to experiment too.
What a great way of phrasing that, I like it!
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