The Third Place
There is something about having the infamous third place in your life. Home is where you live. Work is where you work. The third place is where you can pursue your passions and interests.
These days, my third place is the salsa classes I’m taking. I’ve started taking classes in March – I like the pace and intensity and it is at just the right level of difficulty for me. I only wish my ballroom dancing friends would join me, haha! Did I mention that the classes are starting up again in January? Did I mention that the teacher lets you go more than once a week to his other locations, if you sign up for “one” class? Did I mention that there are more girls than guys? Did I mention that we learned an awesome move that made it look like the guy was tossing the girl in a dramatic looking fashion? How’s my sales pitch?
Dance halls and studios have not always been my third place of choice.
In the past, I’ve gone to church. I’ve gone to Toastmasters. Heck, you might even consider the library as a serious third place in my youth. The Web, could be considered a virtual third place. When I was still in university, school was both the work place and the third place
Where is your third place?
December 9th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
haha…u’re definitely hard selling Salsa! more girls than guys won’t work for the girls
plus, all that spinning is hard to master for sure! My thrid place is the latin classes! *trying to pull more people to latin*
December 16th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
You would think that mine is running. You bring up a good one about the Web being a third place – not something I would have thought about.