i canceled my gym membership at the y yesterday. y? good question. i've been a member there since i moved here in '99. six years of being a member and six years of having the same locker and same connection and same home away from home. i love that gym.

well, three reasons:
1) i haven't been going in any way regularly in nearly a year. it's not that big a deal since i have periods of interest and then i have slow periods, but my slow period of late has been incredibly long and i just can't seem to have the interest in going. i've just lost most of my interest to go.
2) i can't afford it anymore. i have just been underemployed for too long and can't justify the expense especially since i'm not going.
3) they're moving the building. one of the main reasons i've stayed a member and that i love my gym is because of the building. it's around 100 years old and so ancient and feels historic. i love going to a gym like that. it's so anti-commercialism unlike most gyms. it's also a strong community place and regular people, not gym-bunnies, go there and there's a strong youth center and community feel. i love being a part of that. but since they're moving the building and building a whole new, new, new mega-gym, ugh, i'm just sad and i feel like my home-away-from-home is dying. and one of the other reasons i've always stayed is because i love my locker (locker 341) and it's placement in the gym-- right by the sinks and near the front-- so i never wanted to lose that placement. but since the whole building's moving, that's a moot justification now too.

so i have until the end of january to still be a member and i could always change my mind. and perhaps if things change in my life financially, i might. but right now, the end of my y era is coming close to an end. and it's sadly nostalgic.