I love the martial arts and started at age 15. Stopped training about 5 years ago because the place i trained at closed down. Because i work 7 days in a row, 10 hour days and three different shifts, it's hard to find a good place. The old place had two adult classes a day...noon to 1pm and 7:30pm to 9pm monday to friday and open classes on the weekends...when there were no formal classes, i could go in and train and if there was someone else there, well, it was all good.
A friend of mine at work checked out a place near work and the guy wanted over 2 hundred dollars a month...good ab workout with all the laughing i did.
Now i am stuck with a heavy bag, upper cut bag and mounted targets in my basement...not the same as getting thrown around and kicked in the head though. It is extremely hard to find a good place and now at 43yrs old, it's a little harder to get motivated to find a new place.
If you find a good place that works for you, go for it...and good luck