Besides a need to get a new attitude periodically, which I hope you all know how to do; it helps get your mojo back! If you don't know how, read on! I have been working on that whole prospect of "IT IS WHAT IT IS - DEAL WITH IT!"
It takes in Attitude, Distorted Thinking, Humidity/Irritability Syndrome (New coined phrase - originated by yours truly) and getting out of your comfort zone. Change it up once in awhile.
When I taught Stress Management at IPFW, I got lots of looks from students when I said, take lots of mini vacations. When I finally got their attention and now yours, I went on to advise that it can be anything. It needs to be something you can do whatever place in life you are. Can you walk out on your pier and go fishing, maybe some can. Take a walk around the block, go get a yogurt, swing on your porch, go to a $1.00 movie, take the boat out with friends and eat snacks. When my mother was in the nursing home, I would take a walk around the block there when I couldn't take the smells or sounds.
It is something so many of us don't regulate. We just take in the stress, take in the comments, take in the stuff.
Friday, I got to take a day out. I had gone on a mental cruise, but now physically, I went to my friend's camper site at Grass Lake. We talked, played with Rudy, ate, and paddled around on a float. Now watching "older" women get in and out of float is quite a mini vacation by itself. Don't try this at home. They aren't kidding.
Then John and I got out of our COMFORT ZONES and went to the Tin Caps Baseball Extravaganza in Ft. Wayne. Neither one of us avid Baseball fans, but we wanted to try something new. Our other COMFORT ZONE trial was getting on a train shuttle at Atlanta to go downtown, and couldn't even figure out how to pay to get on, let alone where to get off. What an experience at the Tin Caps - Parkview Field. If you haven't been there, you need to go. They have a Disneyworld experience waiting for you all.
ALL kinds of food vendors. Games and areas for kids. Picnic areas for families. Fund Raiser - Silent Auction for the Boys and Girls Club. Carl Erskine was featured speaker, and singer. Fireworks. Games and entertainment between each inning. We sat by the TC's dug out and so we interacted with the players which were a eyeball away at all times. I felt rested and that I had accomplished something I never do. And, I did it without one complaint. Ha. So, that is how you get your MOJO back. Do something, create something to take you off task for a bit. Something new. Pray lots!
Have a good week and remember - IT IS WHAT IT IS - DEAL WITH IT!
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