Murrment Remedies- How to Shake Off That Murr Feeling

Sorry it has been awhile since my last post. After some people got on my case I figured I would head back to blogging. The only problem has been I haven't had any murrments to write about. In general, life is pretty good right now so I can't complain. Then today I woke up just in a murr mood. One of those days where you feel like you woke up on the wrong side of the bed. You had bad dreams, you are feeling a cold coming on and there are suppressed feelings that decide to come out for no reason at all. It's a case of the murrrz as some people would tell me. So I decided to write about different things I do to get ride of those feelings. Each person deals with life in a different way but these are the things I have learned over the last year to help me.

Laughter

There is nothing I love more in this world than making someone laugh. I'm weird and have a messed up sense of humor and when I am feeling murr I tend to find something humorous that makes me laugh and share it with someone else. This may be through text, on Facebook or in person. In return I get to bring a laugh to someones day and I remember that this is what life is about for me. Plus most times I get something funny back from them.

Ice Cream

Anyone that knows me knows that I adore ice cream. I eat it everywhere I travel and it is my summer addiction. I hate being cold, so I don't get it as often in the winter and having it in my freezer is just bad news. Somehow it disappears really quickly. I think it ends up in my stomach somehow. In my family we will all agree that ice cream or tea will fix any problem and it usually does. Maybe it makes me feel good because it's a reminder of summer, of family, or because it's just so darn yummy.

Good Chat With Someone

This tends to be my first thing I do when I can't shake a feeling. It happens a lot that I'm not the only one having a murr day. It may be why it helps because you figure out that sometimes your issues are nonsense compared to someone else's. It always seems like someone you haven't talked to in ages will message you out of the blue on these days asking you how you are. Maybe it's a strange sign. Maybe that's why they are in your life that day. Who knows.

Music

The most important thing when using music is to listen to something that does not remind you of anyone. It can remind you of something you went through, somewhere you were or something you did but never listen to music that reminds you of someone when you need to clear your head. Find something that suits your mood and won't make it worse. I usually try and find something upbeat and maybe do a little dance around the house, yelling at the top of my lungs, just don't let your neighbors see you. Then you would have a murrment on your hands.

Yoga and Meditation

This is not for everyone and it takes a lot of practice to get it right but it is worth it. I keep my yoga mat out at all times and use this website http://www.doyogawithme.com/. On this site they have classes for any level, length of time or type of yoga. There are also a lot of breathing and meditation exercises available. I light my incense, take a deep breath, begin to clear my mind and end with the feeling of walking on clouds.


I did all of these things today and then wrote about it. Feels a lot better that is for sure. Hoping that today was just a temporary murr day and tomorrow it will have passed. If not I may be getting murringiteous.

Murrment of the Week: Quotes Going Wrong

It's time again for the Murrment of the Week. First of all I should let you know that my all time favorite movie is Dirty Dancing. I grew up watching this movie over and over again, knowing every line, every sound, and every dance. I can even tell you the moment you can pause the movie and have a screen full of Patrick Swayze's naked bum frozen on your tv screen. Needless to say, I always wanted to fall for a sexy bad boy like Johnny Castle. 

Last weekend I was in a little knick knack store and was ecstatic when I came across a Dirty Dancing key chain. It has buttons which will play one of six quotes from the movies, including the famous, "Nobody put's baby in the corner". After annoying my coworkers with this I decided on Tuesday to throw the key chain in my purse and go home for the day. 
I stopped at a little corner store on the way home to fulfill my craving for salt and vinegar chips. There was an Asian attendant behind the counter and as he gave me my total owing I reached into my purse. As always, I spent what seemed like an eternity digging through my purse looking for my wallet. At this moment of all things that could happen, I had to mistakenly hit the button on my key chain. There I was alone in the store with this man and very loudly all that you could hear was, "I'm scared of who I am, and most of all I'm scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I'm with you". All I could say was, "Wow that was awkward". I then explained to him what it was that made the noise and all he could say to me was, "Well at least what you said wasn't meant for me". Murr

I have since learned to take my key chain out of my purse, however I will never stop longing for my Johnny Castle....