A Slump Returns

Lately I have been in a bit of a crisis. It isn’t a crisis of faith, or a crisis of belief in the work I have chosen to do. Quite simply, it is a crisis of energy, a crisis of motivation. In short, friends: I’m tired.

I know this is not the first time I have been here. Cycles come and go. Like a cheerful Rondo theme, that A section just keeps coming back. Even when it doesn’t feel that cheerful or welcomed.

January and February always bring the dreaded chores of tax preparation and garden cleanup. The fact that this year February included an extra day for these fun jobs did not particularly help matters. I hate these things. I have to set timers to keep me on task. I am cranky and irritable. Last week I took a day off teaching so I could dive into a number of pressing tasks. That night Matt asked me how my day off was. I could only grunt. “I wish there had been more joy in it.”

To help me remember that I have been here before and that this too shall pass, I have been rereading my own blog posts. This is enlightening and oh-so-helpful. Turns out I have not only been here before, I have had good thoughts about how to push through this slump. Huh. I am embarrassed to admit that I hardly remember my own advice to myself, let alone have absorbed these practices and habits.

And so, today I leave you with a few links to past blog posts (Turns out I have written so many. I have also forgotten that.). In the meantime, the tax folder and the garden await. There is so much to practice.