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.
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