Funky Sandcastles & Building Our Visions

Word of the day, funkalicious. (In case you haven’t noticed, I dig the “licious” words). Anyway…not sure if it’s the changing of the seasons, all the recent deaths that have taken place of friends of friends, or just a general melancholy vibe, but I have been FUNKY. And it’s not just me. It seems to be a lot of my friends, my mom, my sister and several co-workers. What is up with that?

I’m not sure what the cause is. But I do know that I’m coming to terms with being OK, just BEing where I’m at. And if that’s building funky sandcastles, then so be it. I’ve done a lot of work this past year around accepting my dark side. I’m an optimistic, free spirited, sunshine-y kinda person, so when the clouds roll on in, sometimes I’m uncomfortable. I’m working on accepting that sometimes we just feel funky! There’s nothing major bothering me. Just a general sense of funk, mixed with a dash of overwhelm, and a pinch of uncertainty? Unassuredness? Unknowingness? I don’t know what to call that last feeling, but it’s pretty crappy too!

What has helped was working on my 1-year vision. I was super-funked out on Tuesday. On top of that my stomach freaked out after I ate lunch, and that’s never a good thing. (I wondered though, did my tummy freak, cuz I was funky, or was that a random coincidence?). So I’m in an amazing 1 year coaching boot camp (we’re called the Conscious Creators) and I love the format and energy I feel from the other boot campers. We’re all totally supportive of each other’s goals and it’s nice to have the accountability, yet different than 1 on 1 coaching.

So I wrote my 1-year vision (which was my “homework”wink and I gotta say, if even half of the stuff on that list comes true, look out! We’re talking one hell of a year. See, just talking about it is helping to shift my mindset. Maybe the funk is really just from the barometric pressure changing, like my mom always used to say. She’s so funny like that.

Whatever the reason for the “funks”, I’m gonna let it roll thru the weekend and then come Monday, I’m back to kickin’ ass and taking names and that includes anyone named Funky Funkerstein! I do know that when I focus my attention on what I DO want, my mood lifts and my funkiness wanes.

How do you deal with the funks? What helps you to accept it and then to shift out of it?

We got the funk,
Kam

September 14, 2006 at 10:44 PM

Great post Kammie. “Building” off your sandcastle reference, there’s a cool show called “Sandblasters” on the Travel Channel. Sand sculptors work on a design with the constant threat that it’ll be blown up. If theirs is destroyed, they get to start over, with no chance of being blown up again.

What if we treated all our projects and ventures that way? Since essentially they are. When I’m down, I try to just keep plugging along, and try not to think about the chance of having my castle blown away. There’s always a chance that our creations will be destroyed, but we can always start over, and often there’s less of a chance that they’ll fall again.

Keep rollin’ through the funk. You have a great attitude!

Posted by Tony D. Clark  on  09/15  at  08:35 AM

Tony D~

Welcome to the PMP blog! I LOVE your comment and your lead on the sandblasters show...I’ll have to check it out.

I agree, how cool would that be to let go of our attachement to our projects, hopes and desires enough to enjoy the process and then let it be?

I hopped on over to your blog, LOVE the “model mash-up”...I’ll be swinging by soon to drop a comment.

Be well and keep on blastin’ those castles!

Kam

Posted by  on  09/15  at  08:58 AM

I put 80’s music on the ipod, get naked and streak through the neighborhood. When I’m esplainin to Lucy what I’m up to and my bare butt is freezin and stickin to the metal bench in my cell. I tend to remember that I completely forgot what I was funked-up about in the first place.

Seriously, music is great for me and comedy is just a few clicks away these days, and it does wonders. I try not to do much planning in this state of mind, it is much to easy to poo poo your dreams. And we don’t poo poo on our dreams EVER.

Remember the “Law” (whatcha think is whatcha get)... so I do my level best to distract/ignore/avoid/escape/ ME!

Oh and sometimes I write silly comments on my friend’s blog posts.... not that I’m in a funk or anything today, but I love opportunites to make smiles.

Posted by jt chandler  on  09/15  at  09:24 AM

JT~

You Rock my WORLD!! I officially declare the FUNK is over! I am in the best mood today and life IS good.

I just laughed so hard I almost fell outta my chair! The visual alone could send anyone’s blues away!!

FYI...I was gonna e-mail you, but I gave you a mention in my latest SBB article, should be up today or tomorrow if you wanna check it out.

Thanks for the smiles/laughs and virtual funnies. And thanks for ALWAYS being a Kam-bassador.

Mucho luvo,
kamsmile

Posted by  on  09/15  at  11:08 AM

First, I don’t deny the funk. Instead, I try to shift and keep my focus on whatever feels good. One of the best ways for me is doing a gratitude list (this can also be a mental list.) I have found that when I am focusing what I am grateful for, my energy shifts and flows in a positive direction. The other thing I do is fake it until I make. If I can’t find something to feel good about, I imagine something that feels good and vibe on this instead.

Posted by Raymond  on  09/15  at  11:45 AM

Ray~

My Zen chillin’ friend...I KNEW you’d leave me a delicious response!

Funny cuz last night after I wrote this post, I started rattling off ALL the goodness in my life and pretty much pulled out of it then.

I even got inspired to write a post for the SBB blog I write for. Yes, gratitude is THE best attitude. Cuz I have such a COOL life, and I truely am co-creating it exactly as I’ve intended (plus or minus a few things that I haven’t quite manifested just yet)...so it IS a beautiful thing to be grateful.

I am grateful to you and ALL of my blog friends that have helped raise my vibration today!!

Peace and good vibes,
Kam

Posted by  on  09/15  at  11:59 AM

So glad to hear you moved through the funk.  I think that is important - while I am certainly all about positive attitude and positive thinking, there are times when we just feel funky.  It is important to make room for those feelings to flow on through so that we don’t stay stuck there.

I agree with Raymond - fake it till you make it is good… as is the gratitude.

I think I’ll leave the streakin’ to JT!  smile

Posted by Kirsten Harrell  on  09/16  at  10:47 AM

Kirsten~

I agree, fake it till ya make it works to get you back in the game. And I agree, let’s leave the streaking to the wild man in Colorado!

Thanks for always helping to spread the love and light around this crazy planet!

xo,
kam

Posted by  on  09/16  at  12:40 PM

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