I am currently in a funk. I feel annoyed, irritated and disappointed. It’s raining buckets, windy as hell, and I want to sleep 12+ hours a night and eat donuts and chips and watch movies. Yeah. In a funk.
There are things that could help me feel better, but I don’t want to do those things. Did I mention my motivation is low?
One thing that has helped me during past funks is to eat a good home cooked meal. I would start by going to the store to buy the good groceries. You know the ones that you don’t buy because they’re too expensive? Yeah, those ones. I could come home and turn on some music and make myself a healthy, tasty, satisfying meal. But that would require some effort and some energy, whereas the chips on top of the fridge go nicely with the chocolate bar in the cupboard. Here’s some food I’ve made in the past when I was more motivated:
Something else that helps me when I’m feeling blue is to focus more energy on my spiritual life. Taking more time for prayer and meditation helps to ground me and to clear my mind of scattered and negative thoughts. But the lure of a good movie and the addiction of facebook are strong.
If I was so inclined to feel better (which I’m not) I might surf the net for inspiring and beautiful pictures like these ones of Bahia, Brazil I found on Flickr:
And if there was a cute animal nearby I would play with it and cuddle it. The cuteoverload website would have to suffice as I don’t have a pet:
And of course, if I did want to feel better (which I don’t), then I might do some dancing in the living room. This song and clip from the movie 500 Days of Summer is so upbeat and catchy:
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I guess I could go try any one of these things. I mean, eventually the novelty of being in a funk and feeling sorry for myself will wear off, and I will eventually want to feel better. For now, I’m going to take a big bite out of my apple fritter, surf facebook, and then go to sleep.
I’d love to hear your comments on how you get over a bad mood.
Yours truly,
Bahiyyih
November 19th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
babe,
Thanks for sharing because I am in a funk too and it is nice to know i am not alone! Love ya.
November 20th, 2009 at 3:50 am
Music is a powerful thing for this! Amazing how it can just shift your mood, was thinking about this today.
Everything else you mentioned seems right on the money honey.
It seems for women, hormonal stuff is the cause for a lot of this stuff, iodine works wonders!
November 20th, 2009 at 5:52 am
Hi Bahiyyih, we all go through these phases from time to time. I loved seeing the photos you put up especially of the food
One thing that gets me out of a funk is playing the piano. It always takes me away to a different place and uplifts me no matter what mood I’m in. Hope you feel better soon. 
November 20th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Yeah, preparing food is really a good idea especially if you can do it with your significant other. It’s hard to get started but then the feeling starts to change slowly.
Music, blues does it for me, all kinds. Or dancing music, especially crazy, old hard rock stuff.
Scrounging around thrift stores, I mean real thrift stores, not the “boutique” kind.
I might get some cheap real rain gear so I can brave 90 km rain washing walks. That would blow the mildew out of my head.
I am trying to work on this thing called happiness under all conditions – tough.