The Exertion Effect

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Wow my very first blog – I must confess it’s a little nerve wracking posting for the first time, knowing that unlike a diary – other people may read this! Well I’ve just come home from my first dance class of term. I’m studying South Indian classical dance (bharatanatyam) and I’ve just moved up to the senior class at Srishti Dance School – meaning I’m now dancing from 9-4 on a Saturday, not to mention the other 4 and a half hours in the week. Though it sounds a lot (to me right now anyway), there really is something to be said for the feeling that you get when you really immerse yourself in something and push yourself to improve . It’s a cliched saying that nothing beats hard work, but it never rings more true than when you’re in dance class, sweating, struggling to get something right, calves and shoulders burning, trying to both concentrate and make it look effortless, trying to push further and turn faster and jump higher and finally – it just clicks! If only the real world were as simple…

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