Where'd My Mojo Go?!?

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How is it June already, Friend?! On one hand, I'm thrilled because summer break begins in a few days and, working at a junior high, I am ready for this school year to be over. On the other hand, I honestly don't know where the last two months went and I don't want the next two to fly by just as quickly. In fact, I would like summer to drag on as long as it wants to. What I'm really struggling to figure out is where'd my mojo go and how can I get it back?

I usually don't mind getting up in the morning. After my youngest son was born, my fate as an early riser was sealed, and as long as I get to bed at a decent hour, I honestly don't mind. Lately, however, I don't want to get out of bed, whether I've gotten sufficient sleep or not. Add inconsistent exercise and dietary habits, potential hormone imbalance, emotional ups and downs and myriad other issues life throws at us, and low energy, frustration, and stress begin taking over and I really don't like feeling that way. I like feeling motivated and productive, calm, purposeful, living life with zeal, and doing things with gusto. I want my mojo back. I miss it...a lot.

Get up...just get up.

Once up, half the battle is won. Action changes things. That's true. We're up! That's awesome! We took the next best step. I've discovered that if I take a few minutes to go over my morning routine in my head, write it down in my calendar before I go to sleep, it makes it easier to move straight into the day after getting up. Some people feel the need for a cup of coffee to get their day going, I prefer a glass of water and some simple movements, exercises, stretches, deep breathing, and meditation. Endorphins begin to flow, my body loosens up, and I feel calm and centered. The trick is, as was mentioned in March's momentum message, getting up and getting going...every day...or, at least, not skipping more than a day.

But...I have skipped more than a day. I've skipped more than a week. Then I've begun again, then I've skipped again. It's been a vicious cycle. But you know what? I keep getting up and I'm not giving up. In the inconsistent, unmotivated moments, the down days and apathetic stupors fueled by frustration, I found a way up again. I opted for optimism. I procrastinated, paused, and put it off longer than I intended to, but I'm here...once again...and it feels good. The good reminds us to push through the bad the best we can. It's not easy. I can attest to that 100%. I'm not even sure I like some of the quotes and ideas about positive thinking I liked in the past, and I like quotes! I'm a quote girl! But, it definitely takes more than a silly saying or motivating mantra to get up and get going sometimes. Sometimes we're blooming boldly and sometimes we're barely blooming, but we're still blooming...one day at a time.

That's how we get our mojo back. We get up when we don't want to so we can do what we need to. The doing propels momentum, which increases motivation, which gets the mojo juices flowing once again. And, hopefully, as we continue through life we're up more than we're down and we maintain our momentum, motivation, and mojo more often than not.

"Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start." Nido Qubein

Start. Act. Action changes things. Do. Bloom.

We're in this together,