ups and downs

over the course of my now, egads, four years of hooping, i’ve hit many hooping slumps. you know the feeling: you don’t really feel compelled to pick up the hoop, your moves seem boring, all of the other activities that hooping has traditionally preempted seem more appealing, yada, yada, yada. yep, you guessed it, i’m in a slump.

maybe it is because it has been so damn cold, or i’m a little self conscious of the winter weight i packed on, or that the hoop calendar has not been as rocking through the holidays. whatever it is, it dawned on me that the burnal equinox is not that far away, that firedrums is right around the corner (the best firejam ever), and that the bay area party season will be starting full throttle in just a few. gonna need to break through soon to get my ass back up to speed.

i will say that i don’t think slumping is necessarily bad. on more than one such occasion, i walked away refreshed, hungry for the joy that only hooping brings, and, surprisingly, feeling really creative. i remember going to a bah after a particularly challenging slump to suddenly come up with three super cool moves i didn’t know i had in me. maybe such brilliance is right around the corner.

since i know every hooper goes through this, i thought i’d broach the topic for communal discussion.

what do you do to break through?