When a s#%t day, week, attitude might be leading to better things.
The last couple of weeks have not been my favorite. Everything was pissing me off. It just felt like I had a bad attitude that I couldn’t shake. This dark cloud of frustration, anger and doubt was following me around. It was like I was chafing at the confines of my situation.
I am not a stranger to these moods. As an introvert, if I have too many days without some quiet/alone time to recharge I get cranky. I have been pushing myself to get out and network and build my business and all this peopling takes it’s toll (mentally and emotionally) on me. It also leads me to the dreaded comparisonitis.
I logically knew going in to starting my own coaching business that it would be hard, but I didn’t always anticipate how hard it might be. The perfectionist in me wants to keep ticking boxes of tasks and then gets frustrated when the results don’t show immediately. I suppose it’s fitting for me as a health and wellness coach to be expecting immediate results when I so often counsel my clients that nothing happens overnight.
Which brings me back to my mood. Now the old Lisa would have accepted defeat and hid under a blanket on the couch binge watching Queer Eye, but now I know better so I expect better from myself.
When these moods hit, it’s usually because something big is about to happen either in my life or business. It’s like my old habits and stories are fighting the changes to something new, bigger and better. I recognize them now as growing pains and not an excuse to give up and check out.
Do I know what’s coming next? I have an idea (and I am so excited about it!!). This was my wake up call to open my mind and my heart for what is coming next. I do have better strategies to keep myself sane and functioning. I check in with my body and ask myself what I need. This week it was yoga, specifically focused on a lot of throat and heart openers. It was a gentle 10 minutes, but I noticed an immediate difference. I do some tapping. If you are not familiar with this technique, check it out on YouTube. I dial in my meditation. Sometimes that 15 minutes of quiet is amazing.
How do you handle the ups and downs in life? What are your go-to activities or strategies when you get in a funk? Comment below and let’s support each other!
