The only way out is through...

I'm convinced...Alanis and so many others were right...the ONLY way out IS through!

I've been in a bit of a funk lately...for various reasons...none of them major...nor was the funk itself major. I just wasn't feeling my happy, and peppy self and it was bothering me. So...I decided to give myself a mental health weekend. I took a Friday off of work and planned a weekend full of ME activities - walking Emily to school, prayer and meditation, exercise, journaling, etc. It was AWESOME and I felt GREAT! I was happy that I had taken the time to "do me" and was feeling good again and thought the funk was over.

That is...until Monday morning...when I charged back in to reality...only to be confronted again with all the same stuff that I had walked away from during my 3 day mental health retreat. Grrr... Did those things not know that I had taken a respite and they were all supposed to be gone now that I was "feeling better"?

So...that's when I realized...again...that the only way out is through. I can't distract my way out of it. It's there...and it's not going away until I dive in and deal with it. I'm not exactly sure what diving in and dealing with it means in this case...since its really not one thing but rather a mix of things all rolled in to one. But, I know that sitting with it, examining it, embracing it, and putting one foot in front of the other as I deal with it is the only thing that's going to put me on the other side of it.

So I will dive...and we'll see what happens. It may get worse before it gets better...but it WILL get better!

Main lessons learned from this little experience: 1) We should definitely all learn to take more time for ourselves...to just slow it down...and "do us"...and clear the mind. Even though it didnt get rid of the "stuff" it did feel great! And...2) is the unfortunate reminder that the only way out is through. Whatever IT is...won't go away until I confront it head on. So confront I must and I will.

Stay tuned.

Much love...

Vanessa...in progress. (VIP)

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