September 8, 2011
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In a Funk
Its one of those days…
The kind where you just sort of wish you had stayed in bed.
I feel tired. A headache is coming on.
I am at work and just kind of bummed that I am here.
I am not feeling very cheery or thankful.
I wonder “What would Ann Voskamp tell me to do?”
(Maybe here is part of my problem…all of the above 4 sentences start with “I” — I just noticed that!)
Too much self focus.
Not enough of God focus.
But some days…you know, you just feel in a funk. And you kinda sorta know why but yet not really.
So my question is this?
Do you have days like this? (I’m pretty sure you do.)
What do you do to get out of the funk?
Just power through and trust tomorrow will be better?
Call up a friend and “whine”? (Or make use of the other kind of wine?)
Find something to make you laugh?
Take a nap?
Pray?
Have a good cry?
Do tell…
How do you get out of the funk?
I need to know.
Comments (34)
i don’t usually claim to have ANY answers…
but i’m feeling like this time i do!
ha.
call a friend. that’s what.
and i have one in mind…
In a funk at I type this. The surest way for me to get out of a funk is sometimes the most difficult thing to accomplish… alone time. I love being alone and lately I am never by myself. I have a hard time telling Justin that I need to be alone when he has worked as hard all day long too. But such is life with little ones.
i read a book or clean or vent to someone. Or go to sleep. Ha.
all of the above. except call a friend.
@inanorchard - omygoodness April. this sounds VERY familiar.
days when i’m in a funk, i try and try to tell myself to hang on til either naptime or when my husband comes home from work….i HAVE to have time alone and quiet. but, that is my personality and i’m guessing not yours?
hope tomorrow is a better day!
I try to DO SOMETHING. Clean a cupboard. Wash the toilet. Make a difference somewhere. Or take a nap.
It’s the F-A-L-L funk!
I agree, do all the above, clean, nap . . .etc.
Praying tomorrow will be a brand, new day!
I trust that my online friends have seen something amazing online during the day that they will forward on to me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCHS6geSs-k
I was wowed. And blessed and reminded of my own blessings….
An upbeat HaPpY song. A cup of coffee.
(Notice I didn’t say Starbucks, I know there is not one near by!
Something out of the ordinary. Dinner at a restaurant. Order Pizza. A car ride. Ice Cream.
Once my head is cleared, I can then better see all that I have been blessed with.
Here’s to a Happier rest of your day! =)
Sometimes it just takes time. Time to sit and think it all through. Time to be alone! Time for yourself.
@betheelou - yes. YES! it IS the fall funk. i agree.
my funk cure is always ALONE time.
an iced coffee. a bookstore. walking around target {not here.. but you could}
for me. i just feel like the problem is IN me..
so i just have to take that deliberate time to sorta refuel myself and get my focus back.
but. we all get it. no matter how we choose to deal w/ it.
i know the old spunky audrey will be back in no time.
love ya girl~
wow! i should have read this like 8 hours ago! i just had a really bad day. . . and wishing someone would just tell me, you are a good mom, you are a good wife. . . soooo very selfish i know. . .just somedays you need reassuring. . . . totally get this Funk thing, it sucks!!! (my idea would be for you to move closer then we could do our funk days together!!!
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all i have to say (today) is … i totally get you.
that is all.
hope tomorrow is better. for both of us. luvz!
What would Ann Voskamp do? That cracked me up–I think it, too, somedays.
To get out of a funk? I don’t know because it sort of depends on the day and what brought it on. Light candles and clean the kitchen (because it might be part of the funk), journal, pray, call someone, take a walk, drink some caffeine, take a 10 min. nap then put on tennis shoes and make myself get going, decide not to work and just have fun… Really depends. But sorry about your day.
in a funk? i don’t know. Usually my best solutions require getting out of this house, even if it’s just McDonalds for supper. if I just sit home i just get mopey, and I find things online to compare myself to and get depressed about. Even going for a walk is beneficial to clear my head. That’s the hard-core funk we’re referring too, of course.
so sorry, I despise funk days. though I do realize that recently I have had FAR less then I did a couple months ago, thanks to some changes. it is not all because we are selfish. somethings in life are hard and we honestly have to dig for some hope and cheer during those times. even then it is hard to pray. so asking for someone to pray has helped me…even if I am not sure what to tell them to pray for.
sometimes I simply sit down on the couch with a cup of coffee and text friends, asking how they are or whatever…..it helps.
praying tomorrow is joyful and less heavy! Luv ya dear.
@mlt10202002 -
@fruitloops115 - hard-core funk. I like that. Not being IN it, but the way you put it.
funk….. not today, but many days. i like to run it out of my system but that isnt always an option. yesterday i fed my funk some sushi… it helped .l
Ah. The funk. I know that feeling very well. I usually go for drive. Come back and watch as my children play. Sometimes just watching them play and be their silly selves helps me to cheer up. Cause they deserve to half a happy mom. Even if she is dragging about the house as a zombie.
Sorry, Aug. I know those days…when I am just tired of ME.
A walk is good when I am crabby. Or sometimes a nap. Or calling one of my sisters. Or as mentioned above, cleaning. Toilets especially.
I should add that inviting company is a good antidote for me. It sounds noble, but sometimes I fight it. But when I push thru and do it I’m never sorry.
Do the twist.
I usually read a book, listen to music or write in a journal. I DON’T talk to someone. Mainly because when I’m in a funk, it’s about a past relationship. And most people (I’ve found) just say “get over it” without just listening.
I also find that if I take a nap/go to sleep, I wake up in a better mood if I have a headache AND in a funk. But I can’t always just do that. Sometimes I just ride it out. It depends how bad it is.
Friends~that’s what always works for me
im really sorry you are feeling this. it is NOT fun, i know!
i KNOW the funk, and it`s always when i am: tired. havent been eating healthy. havent had my God time. havent been with real friends lately. feeling lonely.
it helps me to: spill my guts and cry to husband, go on a walk, sit on the recliner quietly with God, drink water, clean the house, sit with my girls and hang out, mail someone a card, edit pictures/work on a creative project, facebook msg a friend. (can you see i have a lot of funk busters?? not a good sign!
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vacuum and mop. if that doesn’t do it…some red wine.
however, on a serious note…i am learning (trying to) that i need to be very aware during those times…aware of my feelings though they may seem numb on the surface…aware of what’s triggering the funk….etc. sometimes i realize that i am only pms-ing. other times i receive valuable insight to my inner self and what’s going on. i try to remember to fight against what i want to do, which is be lazy and shut down.
Take an Excedrine for the head, And put some of your favorite scent on. Walk out of the house, take a deep breath in through your nose. Do 3 Jumping Jacks. Pick up the hose and water a flower that isn’t there. Point to the sky and yell “THANK YOUUUUUUU”! Surely, you’ll feel better and the neighbor will, too. Oh wait. You’re at work. (were). In that case, get a large drink of water. LARGE. Maybe you’re dehydrated. Then go home and do all that other stuff. And I’ll pray about your funk. What do I do? Move things around in my little house. Take some pictures. Eat chocolate. Make a mocha. Get online and see how wonderful life is for other people. Get off feeling cheated. Drink another mocha. Get on the treadmill and read a good book while walking. It always works. So does my Progesterone cream.
hope you’re out of your funk and back in your SPUNK!!
xo
@Hutch5 - It IS better. But thanks for checking in, Amber. I appreciate it!
I cracked up about the what would Ann Voscamp do thought? B/c I do that same thing. Only it’s not always Ann. In a funk? It depends on how big the funk is. If it’s just that day … I try to focus on the tiny … just do the next thing. And sometimes the motivation from that is enough to get me going to do the next thing and the next and before long I’m feeling a little better (does this say anything about how accomplishment driven I can be? Yikes). If it’s a bigger funk (as in winter) than it takes a lot more. Sometimes burning candles and cleaning the house works even if it wasn’t that dirty. Don’t laugh. I LOVE a clean house. Sometimes it takes getting out w/ friends. Social life can be really energizing for me. Sometimes it just takes getting dressed well and getting out (even if it’s going to Walmart five minutes down the road). Because when I’m in a bad funk I tend not to take care of myself and the slovenly feeling is not good for getting out of a funk. So what do YOU do?
@smilesbymiles - I don’t really have an answer. Most definitely NOT clean my house although that seems to be therapudic (is that spelled right?) for a lot of you. That would make me sink even lower into my funk. When I am at work a lot of the suggestions that I go wouldn’t really work. What do I do? I blog about it and feel better that I am not the only one. Then I just try to get through the day and tell myself “it will be better tomorrow.” Sometimes it is and sometimes it isn’t.
To my awareness the lot you answer looks like good
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