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The All Ireland Pole Dance Championships 2018

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I started pole dancing in January and since then I have always wanted to go to a pole dancing competition. It’s one of those things like cheerleading, where you wonder what a competition is like because you don’t really see it as a competitive sport.

So when the time came to get tickets for the All Ireland competition I decided it was time to find out what it was all about.

First of all, it’s a long competition. I feel like this is something that’s not talked about. Depending on the number of people performing in the categories it can go on for a long time. I was at this competition for roughly six hours. Yeah. Insane. I originally thought it was a couple of hours kind of thing. But no.

I didn’t have a problem with the competition being long, but I would have liked to know roughly because I would have planned accordingly and brought snacks or something lol.

Second, the performances are incredible. I’ve never seen anything like it. I mean I know what people normally think of pole dancing but this is next level. And as someone who is new to the pole world, I appreciate the performance even more because I know the work and strength it takes to even get to a level where you can perform a routine like that.

I applaud anyone who has the confidence to compete like that because it’s amazing. I was awed by every single person that performed, their techniques and elegance. It’s definitely something I would recommend seeing.

And finally, would I ever do it?

Probably not. I have only been doing pole for a little less than a year and I am definitely nowhere near confident enough in my skills. That, and seeing the amateur category at the competition made me feel like I knew nothing about pole.

I think it would be really fun to perform though, even just when we do dance routines and things in class it gives me confidence and makes me feel sexy. So I think it would be fun to do routines…but probably within the privacy and safety of my own pole class lol.

But I guess we see what happens, maybe in a few years I’ll keep up the hard work and be competing before you know it! 😛

Until then, I’m just content with going to class and leaving the performing/competing to the professionals 🙂

~ Courtney x

Lazy Days

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Last weekend I spent some time doing nothing.

I used to hate doing nothing, I feel like today everyone needs to be doing something at all times because if you’re not doing something then you’re being lazy.

But sometimes you just need to do nothing. But only sometimes, if you do it too much then you will get bored, which is something that I discovered back in 2009 when I was struggling to find things to keep myself occupied, according to my Facebook memories.

Anyway, since I finished work placement, I have been keeping myself busy by seeing my friends, my boyfriend, starting my new website, making YouTube videos, selling on eBay…basically just anything I can do to be a little bit productive during the day I have been doing it.

Which has been great, I have really enjoyed doing things because it makes me feel productive and that I have accomplished something rather than just sitting at home and watching Netflix all day.

But last weekend, that’s what I did.

It started on Friday, I had plans with my friends that night but nothing special planned during the day so I just binge-watched Gilmore Girls on Netflix. It was wonderful.

The lazy weekend continued on Saturday when my friends and I spent the day in my room, eating pizza and watching Jenna Marbles and Shane Dawson on YouTube.

I didn’t feel guilty at all. Which, normally I would, I would feel like I had to do something productive those days to make it feel like the day was worthwhile. But just chilling, by myself and with my friends is exactly what I needed.

It was so great just to spend a couple of days not focusing on making videos or travelling or rushing around doing something, just to stop and just not do anything in particular, and to feel good knowing there was nothing pressing that I actually had to do.

I guess this is the kind of thing you only really appreciate as an adult because as you get older you have more responsibility and more things to do. As a kid, doing nothing is something you end up doing a lot when not at school or unemployed. I definitely felt that and knew quickly that I needed to pick up some hobbies lol.

But every now and then, it feels good just to have a lazy day.  I guess that’s all I wanted to share. Nothing really new or particularly exciting, just something I appreciated.

Now it’s time to go back to the daily grind.

~ Courtney x