Sometimes…
Sometimes…
You feel down even when the sky is blue
The day seems long and bedtime is too far away
Your friends seem distant
The kids don’t need you, or if they do, it’s to wash their socks
Work feels unrewarding
You try to pull yourself up by the bootstraps with images of hungry children, homeless families, ill-fated people… and it only makes you feel guily for not being grateful
… sometimes, telling yourself you are lucky and should be happy isn’t enough.
So you sit and read, do chores, work diligently on projects, eat and drink way too much and you wait for the feeling to pass. You know it will pass because the feeling is unsubstantiated. There’s no reason for unease or dissatisfaction, yet it swamps you. Sleep is interrupted. You stop exercising. Everything seems like too much effort.
What do you do when life feels like that?
EXERCISE! It’s a physical thing: you need those endorphins. Call a buddy, go for a walk, force yourself to go out running. Do 15 minutes at the gym, and tomorrow go for 30.
As for me, tomorrow… tomorrow I am getting back on the bandwagon, no excuses. Maybe I need to take up Zumba, or kick boxing…!