I am in a funk and have been for the past month. A lot of uncertainty with my career right now and at 25. I feel very lost in what my best next step is. While I know all this change is good and eventually something is going to be transformative, I’m going to lean into writing, (as you stated above) and be intentional to how I my body. I’m training for my first marathon, so I’m putting a lot of energy into that mentally.
I recently descended into a funk after sitting through (an unexpected) talk about eating disorders and it brought up a lot of feelings I didn’t realise I had about my experiences with binge eating. While I spiralled initially after a few days of reflection and a session with my therapist I decided to focus on being grateful for the fact that I am no longer in that place. Changing the perspective helped a lot.
My gosh, I feel like you always have prompts that meet me where I am. I am just finally starting to break out of a funk that has been years in the making. A special kind of burnout and fatigue from a lot of really big and difficult things, mostly in my personal life. It's kind of funny because when I told my therapist I was dealing with burnout, she was confused because she assumed it was work related, and oddly my career is probably the most positive thing in my life and following my passion has really kept me afloat for the past few months. But that being said, what has helped me most recently, is really taking things slowly, removing the pressure from things. This weekend for example, I had a pretty substantial to do list (think taxes, grocery shopping, housecleaning, etc.), and where in the past I would roll out of bed on Saturday, make coffee and choose activities that drain me instead of fuel me, this weekend I drank my coffee and set a timer for an hour to do something relaxing. After that hour, I tackled my taxes, knowing that was contributing the most to my mental load. And once that was done, I checked in with myself, drank some water, realized I wanted to keep up the momentum and did another big task from my list. Realizing when that was done, that I was starting to run a little bit low on motivation, I decided to go off the list and do some things for me. Instead of feeling guilty about not finishing my to do list right away, I felt present and relaxed in the moment for the first time in awhile. And to my great astonishment, instead of feeling exhausted and overwhelmed by the end of the day, I'd checked more items off my list than I had even intended, and had enough energy on Sunday to tackle a few more. Now we're on Monday and I feel ready for the work week and more confident and energized than I have in ages.
I am in a funk and have been for the past month. A lot of uncertainty with my career right now and at 25. I feel very lost in what my best next step is. While I know all this change is good and eventually something is going to be transformative, I’m going to lean into writing, (as you stated above) and be intentional to how I my body. I’m training for my first marathon, so I’m putting a lot of energy into that mentally.
I recently descended into a funk after sitting through (an unexpected) talk about eating disorders and it brought up a lot of feelings I didn’t realise I had about my experiences with binge eating. While I spiralled initially after a few days of reflection and a session with my therapist I decided to focus on being grateful for the fact that I am no longer in that place. Changing the perspective helped a lot.
My gosh, I feel like you always have prompts that meet me where I am. I am just finally starting to break out of a funk that has been years in the making. A special kind of burnout and fatigue from a lot of really big and difficult things, mostly in my personal life. It's kind of funny because when I told my therapist I was dealing with burnout, she was confused because she assumed it was work related, and oddly my career is probably the most positive thing in my life and following my passion has really kept me afloat for the past few months. But that being said, what has helped me most recently, is really taking things slowly, removing the pressure from things. This weekend for example, I had a pretty substantial to do list (think taxes, grocery shopping, housecleaning, etc.), and where in the past I would roll out of bed on Saturday, make coffee and choose activities that drain me instead of fuel me, this weekend I drank my coffee and set a timer for an hour to do something relaxing. After that hour, I tackled my taxes, knowing that was contributing the most to my mental load. And once that was done, I checked in with myself, drank some water, realized I wanted to keep up the momentum and did another big task from my list. Realizing when that was done, that I was starting to run a little bit low on motivation, I decided to go off the list and do some things for me. Instead of feeling guilty about not finishing my to do list right away, I felt present and relaxed in the moment for the first time in awhile. And to my great astonishment, instead of feeling exhausted and overwhelmed by the end of the day, I'd checked more items off my list than I had even intended, and had enough energy on Sunday to tackle a few more. Now we're on Monday and I feel ready for the work week and more confident and energized than I have in ages.
LOL clearly I needed to get some of these thoughts out of my head this morning 🤣