Ready, set, MASSAGE!
hello! i am leaving for massage school in about 20 minutes. i am going to meet my group outside fo the old city at the base school in chiang mai and then we will all travel together to go to the school in the mountains.last night i freaked out a little bit and almost decided not to go. i was talking to dan on the phone and for every plus i thought about for one option i thought of minuses for that one and plusses for the other . the two choices are that the sunshine massage school has a base in chiang mai AND one in the mountains so i really have two options. anyway essentially i went back and forth adding +’s and -‘s to my chart until i came to an interesting philosophical question. ahem:
when faced with two choices in life, does one choose the option with more potential +’s or a lesser amount of certain -‘s?
what i decided is that the answer to this lies totally in what kind of person you are. it’s about safety or adventure. i feel really nervous about going to the massage school. yesterday i stopped by the base in chiang mai and the dude i talked to made me feel like a priss because i asked if there was a phone there in case of emergency. he was like, “mali,” (oh yeah, this is my new name, it’s thai for flower and i have been using it the past few months much to my humor and joy) “maybe you don’t understand, the mountain school is EXTREMELY basic.” shit, what a jerk. he really made me second guesse myself. it would certainly be much easier to stay here in chiang mai at my super nice guesthouse and take a course here but i feel like if the mountain school is good, it will be so good. so, i am traveling and thus, in the dyad of personality types, i must choose adventure for now.
anyway i will be out of contact for 10 days until the 24th when dan is meeting me here in chiang mai do so many things i didn’t have time to do, like go to the hot springs and what not.
if there is any emergency- please contact my family in nyc and they know how to get in touch with me.
check back to the noodlequest soon and wish me luck!
Tags: chiang mai, Travel
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I really don’t know what i’ll do without the NQ for 10 days.. I thrive on your adventures and I’m always hanging on to every last bite you take. i was happy to find that in one of your recent posts, you got back into hefty descriptions of meals. we were missing those for a while, but happy to have that info back in our daily feed of your blog.
massage away, little sister, massage away.. we are all thinking of the massage sample we will get upon your return. i’m first. take a number, y’all!
xoxo
Elyse
My therapist once quoted yogi berra to me when i asked him a question about which option to choose – “when you get to a fork in the road, take it..” – it didnt really help me, but maybe it can help you!
Enjoy massage school!
Have fun Mali!
I really don’t know what i’ll do without the NQ for 10 days.. I thrive on your adventures and I’m always hanging on to every last bite you take. i was happy to find that in one of your recent posts, you got back into hefty descriptions of meals. we were missing those for a while, but happy to have that info back in our daily feed of your blog.
massage away, little sister, massage away.. we are all thinking of the massage sample we will get upon your return. i’m first. take a number, y’all!
xoxo
Elyse