Splat! – ?

In February, I got really depressed.

I had a major ’splat’ -it felt like a very bleak and joyless time.

I usually am full of beans and have a million projects, ideas, concepts, lists, thoughts, sketches and more, galloping around in my mind. But, in February………

splat.

I would look at my sketches and go……’so what’?

I felt very dis-connected from my sense of a future and from my sense of joy and delight.

I was not a lot of fun to be around.  I sure didn’t want to write about what I was feeling, so my blogs went :

~splat~

It seems to me that I am not the only one who went

’splat’………..

People are posting to various lists that I am on, saying that they are going through a slump in motivation, a feeling of despair, or are just plain depressed………

Well…….. you’re not alone! I am glad that other people are fessing up to their ’splats’ too!
Whaddya do about it?

There are some things that really do help:

Connect to other people…… talk to people that you trust……..

EXERCISE! (hard one for me when I am blotto- but as soon as I get moving again, my stagnation and feelings of being stuck start to dissipate)…….

And, really big one:
Dig into the things that you KNOW you love:
Push away the critical self talk that pulls the rug out from under you……..
and, remember the joy that you do have in creating!

Last, but not least:

The one that really works for me, is to keep saying:

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you…….

• needless to say, if you’ve got a medical condition that needs to be dealt with, DO!

But if you’re going through ’splat’ -

remember -

You’re not alone, and joy is just around the corner.

thank you 

Now, get out your yarn, your spoolknitter, your crochet hook, your knitting needles, your loom…. and PLAY!

Joy!

hugs all round, and thank you……..
Noreen

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