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How To Get Yourself Out of a Funk
I know they always say we are our own biggest critic. And I’m proud to say that I generally full of optimism and am a true believer that all will work out in the end. It’s all part of the flow… the many metaphors for life I could go into, but don’t want to seem cliche, so I’ll leave those for your imagination. It would be an understatement to say that I’ve been in a funk as of late. And to be honest, I can’t really pinpoint when it started… because the further I go back, the more I wonder if this so-called funk is just life now. But alas, optimism tells me things should get better soon. But until then, there’s a handful of things that are bothering and lingering… and there’s not better way to address them than a list.
1. Getting my hopes up. This area is sort of the umbrella over most areas of questionability. I do this in practically every aspect of my life on a regular basis. Are we all guilty of it? Or is it just the optimistic? I like to blame it on my Piscean heritage, the dreamer in me that always gets the last laugh. However, I am circumstantially beginning to doubt these hopes. And wonder if I should relate them more directly with my expectations.
2. Fear of settling. At what moment are we finally aware that the decisions we make are truly fulfilling our potential? So many people go to school and get degrees in their passion, graduate, and end up making a livelihood doing something completely different. Does this mean they’ve settled? Or have they just found a different potential? I know what I went to school for, but what is it that I really want to do? Is anything but that first dream settling? I can also say the same thing for relationships… when do you know your’re not just settling for something that’s easy or comfortable?
3. The dreaded “I told you so”. Gah, do I ever hate these. I avoid having to hear them at all costs, but I feel like they’ve been coming at me from all angles lately.
4. Me vs. Them. I know we all move at different speeds and on different tracks, but it’s incredibly easy to put yourself in a different league and draw incomplete conclusions. Our measurements for success are all on completely separate scales and when we put ourselves on someone else’s, bad things happen. I will attest to that… so from now on, it’s less me against them, but more me against myself.
5. Can attitude make a difference? This will make or break me. In the past, this has killed my chances. I think the only way out of this hopeful funk is to will it and make the absolute best of whatever I do. Somehow, I need to take pride in all of these endeavors and put all that I can into each in order to reach gratification.
