Where is your vibeage right now?
You know the Rock Star feeling, when everything you've got going on is going on! You are hitting every note and are working through everything with relative ease! Daily you take to the stage of your life and no matter what comes your way...bam... you have it handled. No question, No hesitation, you have the "I Got This" attitude.
Have you ever felt like the Roadie? When everything you are doing feels like heavy lifting, tripping over the cords, constantly stepping on the sticky patches of spilled coke? When you face the day with the attitude of, "Geez I hope ________ doesn't happen", or I forgot to (fill in the blank) and you are always in catch up or clean up mode. Not an awesome place to be.
Someone responded to my Rock Star question with, "I don't even feel like I'm on the tour"...so now what?"
My response to the query above was "What would it feel like to coast?" Think intermission - a time out, a pee break, a chance to get a drink, buy a t-shirt or whatever. Consider this as an opportunity to take a pause.
When you are in a funk what can you do?
1. Acknowledge- Be gentle with yourself knowing this is temporary.
2. Mental Sorting - Take the opportunity to see what is coming up for you. What is occupying your mind that has you confounded. Grab a journal and write.
3. Decide not to decide - There are things that will have to be handled and do so; if there are auxiliary things that you could delay making decisions on do so until you are back in the zone.
4. Keep connected - Enlist the help of your support network, talk it out with your go to person(s) and share the load. Your circle of support would not want you to carry that heavy load alone. Reach out.
5. Keep moving - February is a month whereas we are still in winter, the sun is graduating towards spring, and the weather can't seem to decide what to do. Go for a refreshing walk, grab your Ipod, your friend, or pet and get some fresh air.
6. Breathe & Belly Laugh - I realize you are breathing but stale, stagnant air can accumulate and hangs out in our lungs as it can in our homes. Pop in your favorite comedy movie and watch and laugh, find a friend to have fun with and laugh! Find a Laughter Yoga class and even if you don't feel like giggling the benefits of this type of yoga is amazing.
Not feeling solid or balanced can be reflected in the body as in the mind. Make a list of 5 things that help you feel more centered, perhaps one or more are listed above. If not seek to discover what those things are in you, for when a funk happens you have your own personal toolkit to get through to the other side, refreshed and ready for your close up!
Rock On!!!
1 comment:
Belly laugh is such a great idea. I haven't done that in such a long time. Thanks for the reminder.
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