What pulls you out of a funk?
The self-portrait to the left was me at Fostr Collaborative in Georgetown, Washington, DC (love you) early this morning, sippin’ on my Blue Bottle coffee. Quiet moments like this, to focus on organizing my calendar, catch up on editing, admin stuff for the biz, and also just soaking in the silence (aka recharging), definitely set me on the path to getting through a funk.
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Recently, I put myself into a discussion about how I’m easily pulled into funks, thanks to perceived mom/wife/business/general human fails (fyi, they rarely are ACTUAL fails). And I was asked what pulls me out of it. And basically I have to breathe through my day (or days), do what must be done, and by chance find myself feeling like MYSELF again, thanks to a perfect day with my kids, thanks to a cuddly day with the fam, thanks to art I’ve created.
As a creative person, and one whose creativity is so completely intertwined with my business, being in a funk adds a broader feeling of guilt because in addition to feeling like I’m kind of dragging as a partner/mom/friend, I’m also dragging as an artist/businesswoman, even if only for 24 hours. I always find my way out of it, and with time (aka age), I find my way out of the mud sooner and sooner each time.
But. I’d love to know. How do you pull yourself out of a slow, blah, funky (not the fun kind) time? Would love some positive thoughts/approaches to add to an invisible jar to look back on the next time the sun is shining but I can’t see it clearly.
