You should be learning stuff to practice on your own. Either practice kata, or the kicks/punches your learning. Or if you don't want to do that, focus on general fitness. Building up your cardio is never a bad thing, and it'll help once you get to sparring.
It’s hot, but life is a lot lot less expensive. Looking for work, might also look for an opportunity to teach and get connected to the martial arts community here.
This is pretty much all martial arts. If you are going to take a martial arts then you have to be comfortable with putting some alone time into your training. It sounds bad, but it's critical for improvement. Practicing alone often means you aren't distracted, you aren't thinking about anything but yourself and the task at hand.
That's a good way to be, especially here at Martial Talk. lol. There's a lot of good advice but it doesn't always "roll off the tongue" in a gentle manner. A lot of us are blunt, but not personal. There's a good collection of experience here.
If you live near by San Luis Obispo, I would love to be your training partner.
