When I can, simple house-cleaning, purging does seem to help. I guess it is the first thing to go when the funk hits. Writers spend an awful lot of time thinking, right? Funks seem to be built in.

Now I’m all caught up in what my “one thing” should be and I’m quite sure that I’ll spend more time thinking about it than doing it…

Little by little, we’ll all get there with you. Reminds me of that great Christmas tune “One foot in front of the other”.

Seriously, I’ve been working through this whole time, just wildly inefficiently. And certainly woefully, which is no fun for anyone. So Hooray! for me, and for the world.

Now I’m off to try your woowoo card thingy. Will report back anon!

It makes me feel good to know you feel good. Keep feeling good — don’t do that differently tomorrow, ok?

Holy crap, yes. Life sometimes does send us on strange journeys.

Funny disclosure when I read this post, I thought “I don’t have the damn time for a funk! It would almost be nice.” I remember spending 3 days on the couch when I was a single lassie, eating Haagen Das and watching 45 straight episodes of Law and Order.

But really, that is just glamorizing it. It sucks when you feel that way, but is so wonderful when you get the breakthrough.

My magic wand of the day? Throw your challenge at this site and see what it tells you. Freaked me out how accurate it was for my problem.
http://www.pov-int.com/en_us/3card_reading

So my one thing different:

Tomorrow, I will turn over my power to a random internet tarot card site.

Beats taking responsibility! :)

xox,
-P

He’s, like, the original self-help dude.

And it is such a sensible list. Plus it’s not like the guy didn’t accomplish a whole bunch.

Great tip!

Charlie! Thank you! And I don’t know what’s happening with your URL but it’s adding mine to it, so everyone, if you want to visit Charlie, go here.

Jean - You and I are on the same home reclamation schedule, it seems. As I understand feng shui, if you want a new place, the thing you do is fix up the old place first. Even if it’s utter b.s., you wind up with a place that makes you feel so much better, it’s almost like being in a new place.

Laura - That’s a good idea. In fact, that was the best idea I took away from a Beth Lapides intro workshop: to save the journaling for times when there’s a shitstorm happening (I’m paraphrasing). I am leery of journaling all the time, b/c it does act as kind of a steam valve, and most of the time, I’d rather put the energy into art. But some private steam-letting ain’t a bad idea when there’s a lot going on.

Bill - Uh…Vietnam? Jeezus. Thanks for putting my own crisis into perspective. And you’re right, of course, about one thing AT A TIME. That’s pretty much what I did–not implementing another one thing until I’d gotten the last under control.

Dyana - Sweet music to my ears. Thank you.

Earl - Brush your teeth with beer. That turns it back into one thing. Sort of.

Mary Ellen - Well, I came late to the self-help genre, so it’ll probably be a while before I give it up. Thanks for the Pema tip, and the compliment.

Dave - Doin’ it out loud. Does make a difference, huh? Thanks for pointing it out–makes me feel even better.