Can’t Feel It?

Can’t Feel It?

Dear Friend,

I am quickly coming to the end of my 31 day blogging challenge today, which is day #30. Yesterday and today I felt a little low on energy to write and want to blog a little about that.

What do you do when you commit to something and ‘can’t feel it’?

We all run into that, don’t we? You set out with full force and inspiration, and then at some point the energy drops… This is often the place where it can get tricky to stay with your commitment as other priorities want the best of you: “Oh, you’ve done it every day for a month now, it is OK to take a day off” or if it is a diet/stop drinking: “Oh, c’mon, you gotta live too, what does one cookie/one drink matter?”
Can you recognize that voice? If you can recognize it, you have a good chance to evaluate the situation and make a conscious choice. If you don’t recognize it, it may convince you that it is right, and a minute later you ate the cookie or drank the beer.
The way I handle that is by listening to the part of me that feels a little flat and not very inspired to write today. I acknowledge it and let myself just feel it and know it is OK to feel this way. This is a very important step. We are so conditioned to ignore our deeper feelings and try to feel better instead. Of course a cookie or drink may give you a feeling of ‘better’, but we all know that it is short lived and doesn’t last.

So here is how I deal with this low energy:
~I acknowledge my feelings: “I’m not inspired to write today”
~I don’t make them wrong: “Yes, I hear you, there isn’t much energy today, is there?”
~I don’t need to succumb to them right away either: “Let’s see if there is an easy way to make it work anyway without pushing myself”
~I take some time to see if there is anything I can write about that may be inspiring for me: “What would feel good to share that is easy and brief and doesn’t have to involve a lot of thinking/efforting?”
~Because I just gave myself permission to feel what I feel, I get the idea that others have this situation happen too, so why not write about how I deal with it.
So here I am just writing about my present direct experience right now and share with you how I deal with it.

So here I wrote blog #30 and actually feel more energy because I stayed true to my experience without identifying with it or resisting it. Instead I used it as an outlet for something simple and practical to emerge to share with you.

ALL Love,
Pernilla