At the conclusion of the first black belt test I attended, Grandmaster Shin gave a speech on what our priorities should be. First was family, the second was work (school for me), the third was Tang Soo Do, and the fourth was hobbies and other entertainment.
One of my passions, however, is motorcycles, and I plan on purchasing one (2000 CBR 600 F4 for those of you who may want to know) in October, and am currently making double payments on my current one so I can finance my next one. Usually this wouldn't be a problem, but due to the floods here in Iowa from June, my pay was cut down badly (I work on a dairy goat farm, the floods wiped out hundreds of thousands of acres of corn)
This has cut deeply into what little money I have, and I'm getting close to having to decide between Tang Soo Do, which I love, and actually having money for gas, food, entertainment, et cetera, most of which I greatly enjoy. Right now my time has been cut in half due to Future Soldier Training with the Army, so I'm only able to go once a week to TSD instead of twice. Honestly I'm starting to consider leaving for awhile until things become more financially stable for me. The only problem with that is that there's a tournament next month, and my dojang will be doing a public demo in October. Aaaand I'll be testing soon for 9th Gup. So as life goes, everything is happening at the wrong time.
So, now, should Tang Soo Do take priority over riding and enjoyment? Or should I leave and come back when things stabilize?
One of my passions, however, is motorcycles, and I plan on purchasing one (2000 CBR 600 F4 for those of you who may want to know) in October, and am currently making double payments on my current one so I can finance my next one. Usually this wouldn't be a problem, but due to the floods here in Iowa from June, my pay was cut down badly (I work on a dairy goat farm, the floods wiped out hundreds of thousands of acres of corn)
This has cut deeply into what little money I have, and I'm getting close to having to decide between Tang Soo Do, which I love, and actually having money for gas, food, entertainment, et cetera, most of which I greatly enjoy. Right now my time has been cut in half due to Future Soldier Training with the Army, so I'm only able to go once a week to TSD instead of twice. Honestly I'm starting to consider leaving for awhile until things become more financially stable for me. The only problem with that is that there's a tournament next month, and my dojang will be doing a public demo in October. Aaaand I'll be testing soon for 9th Gup. So as life goes, everything is happening at the wrong time.
So, now, should Tang Soo Do take priority over riding and enjoyment? Or should I leave and come back when things stabilize?