The hardest part about being stuck in a rut, is getting yourself out of it.
Maybe you’re feeling derailed in your life or your job. Can’t get up the inspiration to cook. Perhaps you don’t quite have it in you to exercise like you used to. Maybe you find yourself staring at the computer screen, unable to create your next post/essay/letter to a friend/chapter of your book/poem/article/creative masterpiece.
The stuck-ness
There are times when I feel like I can do anything and everything. But sometimes, I feel truly stuck. I walk around the apartment aimlessly, eating granola and yogurt out of the container. I try to find my way back to the computer to write something and wish for motivation to come and overtake me.
But nothing happens.
‘Cause when stuck-ness comes and stakes a claim, there just seems to be nothing I can do to over come it.
Then I remember. There is a solution.
The solution
The best way for me to get out of the stuck-ness is to do the EXACT OPPOSITE of what I’m feeling. I have to practice contrary action.
If I feel unmotivated to write, I have to write for one hour.
If I don’t want to cook, I cook something.
If I can’t bear to look at myself in the mirror because I feel uncomfortable in my skin, I go for a walk or a hike in a canyon.
If I feel lonely and don’t understand why no one is calling me, I pick up the phone.
If I feel anti-social, I go out and do something with friends. Continue reading “Into Action”