Wading Through an Olympic Funk

I don’t know about you - but this week I’ve been in a bit of a funk.

I’ve blogged here before about losing your mojo.  That isn’t really what I’ve been experiencing.  I haven’t lost interest in anything I’m doing.  Far from it.

No, my mojo is just fine.

I just haven’t wanted to work.

Can I blame it on the Olympics?

I am certainly addicted to watching the games.  I’m not a big sports watcher but there’s something intoxicating about seeing people compete at the highest level.  Watching Michael Phelps winning Gold after Gold has been pretty awesome. Rooting for USA Women’s Softball keeps me awake in the wee hours.  Watching gymnasts fall from the rings or land badly from the vault makes me suck in my breath in concern.  Seeing them ’stick it’ makes me cheer!

How can work compare?

Of course, the Olympics are just an excuse.  To be honest, I think the funk runs deeper than the games can be responsible for.

I’m realizing that I should have scheduled a vacation into my summer.  It’s been a very busy time for me with project after project lined up to fill my calendar.  And on top of work, I am still covering Quad Watch six nights a week.

I am sensing that my brain has an overload prevention system and that is the introduction of a ‘funk’. When I don’t give myself enough down time - it simply demands it.

When your body and brain starts to signal that it needs some rest and relaxation, you need to listen.  If you don’t, it will do more than send signals - it will just start to shut down.

So, I’ve been trying to ‘go with the funk’ as much as possible.  That means I’ve trimmed off items on my schedule that aren’t critical.  I’ve rescheduled as many appointments as possible and outsourced as much important work as I can.

And, I’ve watched a lot of the Olympics

How about you?  What do you do to wade through a funk?  Do you go with it like I do?  Or do you try to fight it?