What is Dating Fitness?

When I started the blog, it was all about how much I dislike working out and the journey of investing into my 80's but it's morphed into more holistic views of fitness.  I asked a few weeks ago on my Facebook if I should change the name to something else and someone pointed out that fitness is more than just physical. Fitness is mental, it's emotional, it's spiritual, it's financial and that's the direction I want to turn, fit in all things.  And the dating part, that's because I want to try lots of different things before I commit to any one thing. I want to see what works for me in working out or in figuring out my future. I want to explore different options for who I want to be.

That’s the interesting thing about all of this, who we think we are at 18 and 25 is very different than who we are at 30 and 35.  Where I am now, it's all about saying yes and trying new things.  That's what dating is, trying and finding out what you like, who you like.  That's what I'm doing now, the cliché of the newly single, I'm dating myself.  Even typing that simultaneously makes me cringe and laugh. 

I spent the past four days in Las Vegas with some of the most wonderful people on the planet, I love being so quickly welcomed and included into a family. Originally B and I were going to fly out early on Wednesday and spend the day together, he wanted to show me his Vegas (lived there for a decade or so) but then we broke up and I had a whole day to myself before everyone got in.  I texted with a friend, was staggered at how sad I was to be there without him.  But even saying that out loud helped, it wasn't a secret, it was out of my head. 

So I had a day to myself in a city that is overwhelming, I had options.  I looked at skydiving but at $300 it was a bit too pricy for what I wanted to spend.  I considered zip line on Fremont street but that seemed too touristy and really would rather have had someone with me. Ultimately I spent the day at the pool reading and enjoying cocktails and texting, getting the sad out of my system (thank you J).

I spent three days not making a decision, I was able to follow the purple sweater and just say yes to everything. I tried gambling-real gambling not just the slots. I played roulette, craps and blackjack. I watched people who truly know how to play cards. We wandered around the hotel and up and down the strip. It's hard not to be overwhelmed by the people and the noise.  And I have reinforced that my own tolerance for Vegas is 4 days, just like Manhattan, eventually there are too many people and so much noise. But I'd go back again, it is like being on another planet.

So what does this have to do with dating myself? I have no idea but then again we all have those dates that we have no idea about until much later.  This week I'll continue on my dating adventures in the fourth week of my painting class which I love.

I think that this idea of dating fitness is something each of us can do, we can know ourselves a bit better, we can strive for more in this life.