02-22-20, 11:36 PM | |
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Colorado
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After collecting DVDs for ~20 years, my collection is saturated. I got tired of trading/selling/mailing/repurchasing so I just started keeping my DVDs. I find that there is very little I need to add to my collection.
Instructors aren't putting out DVDs like they used to, and I'm not doing any streaming services, so I'm just not visiting as much since there isn't much going on anymore. I started a family in recent years, and it's a miracle to find a few minutes late at night once in a blue moon to mindlessly surf the web and visit my old favorite forums. I might be an oddball for my age group, but I like forums and don't do any social media. |
02-23-20, 07:50 AM | |
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: NA
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I think for many life just gets in the way and priorities change, and either they no longer have the time to spend here or no longer wish to spend time here for whatever reason whether they don't use DVDs anymore or have other commitments. It's unfortunate but it is what it is.
I have never been a huge poster but my posting and workouts are spotty. I am to the point that I am really not buying DVDs anymore, or very few and am just using the same workouts that I have used for years, many of the instructors I use no longer release anything new. I will make pit stops here, scan GD for a few minutes and that's about it for me nowadays, with an occasional post or two. As some have said there is not much going on anymore and the little there is may not apply or interest some people. I spend way too much time with a computer and while I will never be able to fully unplug I am limiting my time spent here and on the internet in general. I guess I am trying to make more time for other things, including exercise and other hobbies that I enjoy. |
02-23-20, 08:21 AM | |
Join Date: Oct 2009
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So much has changed on so many levels in my life & the world that has caused me not to post here only every now & again.
I was initially so drawn to be here because I had been in another workout forum that did not welcome discussion of other methods & VF included any kind of exercise. I also was struggling with health & there was a lot of support here for that & other off topic life stuff. Then, it began with some of my favorite instructors lost their good music (Ellen, Raviana & Travis (the recent music still doesnt top UY only IMO). What would be the odds that all of them do this?lol & the new stuff coming out was not what I was looking for & the demise of dvds ... I do remember & miss those bandwagon threads & buying frenzy! I seem to be at peace with the workouts I have & knowledgeable about working out for my body - I learned so much from VF and am so thankful for all I learned here & support I gave & got. I kinda am all set for a few years I think. I made a post that was not well received by someone who I thought was a VF friend. Then, when I wondered what happened to another VFer who really had changed my life through sharing her experience of kundalini - I discovered she had blocked me & that's why I hadnt seen any of her posts! When I first came here in 2009, either I didnt notice or that kind of thing didnt happen then. I really loved how welcoming & positive VF used to be. Too much stress IRL, cant deal with it digitally too lol Irregardless of anyone here, I was feeling a need to have a more in depth, elaborate exercise journal with more real life art & privacy. Just didnt have time to log my workouts in both places. Life changes - perimenoupause, career transition, family members getting sick, shift in extra buying went to art rather than workouts. I still visit when I can tho & VF will always have a warm spot in my heart
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02-23-20, 08:34 AM | ||
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: A back road in Oregon
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02-23-20, 08:39 AM | |
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Germany
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I used to post a lot on here but that changed a couple of years ago. First, shipping prices went up a lot, making DVDs way too expensive for me to acquire. Trading became near impossible.
Then family stuff took priority and it was all stuff I couldn't post about on a place like VF (or anywhere else, for that matter), so I just stopped posting. I keep trying to exercise regularly but my mini-job (as they call it here in Germany) not only provides my morning cardio, it makes me very tired. These days I only ever do a bit of pilates, some ballet workouts and, more recently, some CS or Essentrics. I'm happy when my body doesn't hurt. I remember the fascia blaster threads. I even went out and bought a "cellulite brush" and used it a few times on my lower body, causing some interesting bruising that had my husband wondering what on earth I'd been doing to myself. I haven't used it since. As you see, I'm still here and still reading! |
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