Ugh.
That’s all I’ve got right now is ugh.
I had somewhat high hopes for this summer, but yet realistic ones. I have one daughter who wants to work all the hours humanly possible to buy a *insert some kind of teenage crap thing here*, another daughter who has graduated and is ready to move on, and a wife who’s working full time with a 60 mile round trip drive daily. I get that there were going to be challenges.
I didn’t plan on the curve ball (pun intended) that was thrown at me in late May, which kind of screwed us out of much of June.
But I just cannot find a groove to save my soul right now, and it’s frustrating. I need to start exercising, but find myself just kind of blah about it. I know this is the time that my grandfather started having heart issues, and that my own father went on blood pressure medications. There are plans to be made for school, but I’m in the same mind set of blah about that too. Just teaching 8th grade, I want to make sure that my plan is more set up, a more detailed, and that I’ve got more pre-planning into what I want done.
But for whatever reason, that drive is just lacking, and I’m not sure where it’s gone. Family issues (lot of changes), school issues (even more changes), money issues (who needs it), it’s all playing a part, I know this for certain, but how to make positive changes, that’s the question I’m lying awake at night thinking about. How could I create a positive outcome? Am I the problem with all this?
Ugh.
And this is posted on Wednesday instead of Tuesday. Just another “nice one, big guy” to add to the list.
July 6, 2016 at 11:53 am
Hey, we all visit that bit of ugh in life, but the key is don’t continue to live there full time. Slowly, you will pull out and move on with a plan. I know, easy for me to type you say, but really you took a step and posted (who cares it was late). Set your sight on one small goal for next week. See where that takes you.
July 6, 2016 at 12:47 pm
And that’s the challenge, to find that something and move forward, slowly, but forward all the same! Thanks for stopping by and comment today! I appreciate it! 🙂
July 6, 2016 at 4:22 pm
But you are here! And that is good. When I feel like there are things I ought to do but don’t want to do, sometimes it helps to think of what I would enjoy and start there. I need to lose weight but hate the idea of diet and exercise (ha!). I used to enjoy Jazzercise and it is ever more appealing to me than the gym, so I signed up for that and enjoy it. Hoping you get to do things that you enjoy and get past these setbacks!
July 6, 2016 at 6:28 pm
Day late, dollar short…don’t worry, we’ve all been there. Somehow, we survive and eventually the blahs subside and there is something good happening. Hope it arrives on your doorstep soon. Keep writing. Glimpses of humor are peeking through, even in this “ugh.”
July 6, 2016 at 8:14 pm
I read your story this morning and thought about it all day. Good comments above.. To get out of my ugh slumps I walk…everyday. Even when I don’t feel like it I’ll force myself out the door. No phones…just myself, my thoughts and nature. And I’ve learned to carry a pocket size notepad that for good ideas that pop into my head along the way. 🙂 Happy Trails…
July 6, 2016 at 11:24 pm
Hang in there…we all have our “ugh” moments. Just remember all the positives that greatly outweigh the negatives and “just keep swimming”. 🙂