a friend asked me today how my funk was doing. isn’t that funny? sort of like, “how are the kids?” “how is the jewelry business?” “how is the funk?”
actually, that’s pretty much how it went. i love friends that aren’t afraid to ask and wait to hear the answer.
and i told her that i should post something soon because the funk has become pretty much funk-less over the past couple of weeks.
why?
well, here’s what i have done:
- improved my diet. (not my eating fad, but how i live my life), to include a shift towards a more paleo diet, diet. wondering about that? check here.
- working out more. each day? nope. but more.
- taking more omega-3 fish oil and more vitamin d.
- lost 4 lbs in two weeks with weight watchers. i don’t know that i needed to, but it feels good.
- getting into the Word daily. yep. daily. sometimes for long periods, sometimes not as long. but daily.
- talking to Him. about what? everything.when? all day. and much of the night, too. sometimes i don’t sleep well. specifically from about 1:14 am to 4 am. really. i wake up many mornings, look at the clock and it’s 1:14 pm. isn’t that weird? what do i do then? i pray. why? because that’s when i have random, stressful thoughts. some are based in reality and others not. i give them all to God. real, or not.
- i have made myself work. it’s an interesting thing working from home. there is a lot that i can ignore if i choose to. or if i just choose not to work. or if i can just ignore it for awhile longer because i’m in a funk. but for these past couple of weeks i have not ignored. in fact, more than that, i have been proactive. and what has been the result? a more motivated me with a crazy busy business! and that makes me happy!
- i have listened to the friends that have told me that while i might be in a funk, they think that more than that it’s just a time of transition. and, i think that they are mostly right. or, that my funk is mostly that….transition.
because especially the last week or so, i’ve been really happy with where i’m at. happy with working out, feeling good with my eating choices, growing through my time with Him, and so happy about where my God-centered business is going. i feel good about my schedule, good about balance, and good about life even when the sun isn’t shining.
am i totally out of the funk yet? probably not. but am i in a much better place than i was a few weeks ago? absolutely. which tells me that i am on the right track. and so, it’s a track that i will stay on…
and tomorrow and saturday i will be hanging with some really cool people. so that helps too.
and, i do know that most of this post is about what i have done. i’m not silly enough to believe that getting out of this funk is because i “worked so hard i got myself out of it.” no.
but, i do believe that He gives me wisdom, strength, resources, insight and friends that help point the way out and that if i only take hold of what He has put before me, there will be an answer.
so, this isn’t about what i have done, but what He has done.
and i am thankful.
more soon. but now, i’ll hang with the jewelry ladies for a couple of days. and we’ll talk clothes. and stinkin’ cute shoes. and the new spring/summer jewelry line. and how to build our business. but more than that, do you know what the message will be from the company that i currently call home? the message will NOT be about clothes. or fashion. or about jewelry. it will be about a God that loves us no matter what. inside and out. and a company that wants us to enrich the lives of each woman that we encounter. yep. i can spend a couple of days hearing that. and being fed.
and the timing is great.
God is good.
xoxo
kimberly
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