shake off my funk and stop singing the blues

Funk and blues come and go, but happily the funk I was in when this goal was created is over, so it can now be relegated to the list of things I have done.

I know much of it is related to Project X and recent developments with the client. I know I shouldn’t let it get to me. But I do. I know I shouldn’t let the ooze contaminate other areas of my life. But I have done.

“By asking for the impossible, we obtain the best possible.”
- Italian saying

Another 43T side quote.

I’ve got to remember this and not feel greedy in the asking!

Still needing to exhale. Actually, what I would really like to do is get out from under this cloud that I am now wearing like an overcoat. This island is too hot for overcoats. Even in November.

Needing to exhale…

I’ve been teetering on the edge of a bad day today. For no apparent reason. Funny thing is, the day has ended and it really wasn’t a bad one. Had a couple really good moments even: my ballet class was perfect, even if I wasn’t; I visited with my cousin and his family who are out on holiday and whom I’ve not seen for almost a year; and made another signifiant dent in project X.

But here I am, getting ready for bed, with my vague disatification with life thinking this could shape up to be a bad day. Bizarre! I am going to put this one down to excessive mental fatigue.

Anger is not worth the price you pay for it. Transform it instead into positive resolve.

Despair will only keep you stuck where you are. Choose to exchange it for a good dose of inspiration.

Arrogance will cut you off from the world. Cast it away and replace it with generosity and enthusiasm.

Impatience only brings you mistakes and frustration. Let it go and let peaceful purpose take its place.

For every burden of your own creation, there is an alternative that will lift you up. When you feel yourself being dragged down by the attitude you have chosen, let that be a reminder to choose a more positive approach.

You are in control of the way you look at life. And the way you look at life surely and inevitably determines the way your life will be.

—Ralph Marston

All stuff one knows, but always useful to say words like these out loud every once in a while – especially when you are still in the river, and not on the bank, as you would like.

I have no idea who this Ralph Marston fellow is; a friend of mine keeps sending me his inspirational words, which he in turn gets from another friend of his. Thanks E, and by extension the unknown (to me) O.!

balled up bundle of negative energy. Work-related stress, excessive fatigue, disappointment layered on earlier disappointment, disgust with myself for not being more focussed, efficient and bouncy, trouncy, fun, fun, fun!

my ‘hell month’ is over! Like the mother in the song When Doves Cry by the artist once again known as Prince, I am never satisfed. Ever.

“Until you make peace with who you are, you’ll never be content with what you have.”
- Doris Mortman

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”
- Norman Vincent Peale