Funk
I feel like I have been in a creative funk for weeks and I am not sure how to pull myself out.
I haven’t pulled out my camera in a week or so. Fortunately I have some pics of Eva sitting here that are cute so I will share them.
How do you get out of your slumps?
I know that there are normal waves to ride but I feel like I have been on the downside for a while now and it isn’t picking back up
I keep waiting…..
I wonder if a big part of it is just normal family busy-ness
I feel lazy and unmotivated. Hate that.
I need to get my mojo back
But lately I have felt like all my time is spent just picking up after kids. Trying to keep the house from falling apart.
Not enough time in the day
I almost feel like its just a time to recoup- after the weird summer we had
And I want to share all about that but I have to wait. At least a few more months.
Eva with her brothers pop-gun is a crack-up. Here is the face she makes when it pops
So for now I am riding the wave, knowing that eventually creativity will resurface
It always does.
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Melanie | 21st Sep 10
I totally understand! With us moving twice in one year, the whole year has just been crappy. Not feeling settled, life just not being fun and enjoyable, constant stress…..It is just life. I am learning to roll with it but some days it is hard. I just want it to all be normal! Hopefully you can get out of your funk before the long winter sets in. You always get wonderlust during that time:)
Ginky John | 21st Sep 10
Drink more coffee.
Penny | 21st Sep 10
Something that always helped me when I felt stressed by all the responsiblities and demands of being a mom was a night out with the girls! It would get me through until I felt like I needed it again. Or better yet, schedule a night out every couple weeks! It is hard when the kids are little and needy and you are the one doing most everything. Take a little time for just you. Maybe it isn’t a night out with the girls that will do it, maybe an afternoon alone. Go to a movie. Hang out at the bookstore and read all those magazines that are too expensive to buy. Go for a long walk, alone. Find what kind of alone time works for you and schedule it into your week. You are important!!
Hannah | 21st Sep 10
I’m in the same boat. I just keep trying to fake it until I make it 🙂 I feel very unmotivated and lazy…I hate that feeling. All I really want to do is lay on the couch and watch TV but that doesn’t really ever happen. Mine comes AFTER I deal with something very stressful.
Just keep swimming 🙂
meg duerksen | 21st Sep 10
you sound like you need some time away.
a night?
a weekend?
a day?
just some time to be alone.
it’s nice to be able to not worry about anyone for 24 hours. 🙂
Nancy | 21st Sep 10
I felt the exact same way before we moved. I think all the uncertainty was hard for me. I knew I wanted to get out of San Diego, but the waiting and not really being able to talk about it was hard on me and my moods. I hope you feel better soon. Hopefully as the school routine kicks back in you will feel the creative vibe again!
gayle olson | 21st Sep 10
Elisa, you do a lovely job with the business, your homey house, your photography and 4 darling, bright, engaging children!, I am babysitting 3 grandgirls this week and between housework, laundry,shopping, cooking, homework and nurturing I am full to the brim. But I did take time for myself, a lunch with friends and wine and bunco with a babysitter on duty! see you in Ohio in Oct. gigi