Blog Chain - Getting Out of a Funk

[leahclifford]

It's Blog Chain Time again, and this time the topic was picked by Elana.  The question was When you're in a pool of writing funk, how do you get out?

Basically, when you're bummed and your writing isn't going as planned, what do you do to get out of it?  Personally, I'm a ponderer.  I'll throw some tracks on repeat and zone out.  Sometimes it lasts

Comments

[edgyauthor]

Distracting myself from writing helps get me out of the funk, too. Even just stepping aside to take a shower will shut off my mind long enough to spark inspiration (but then I'm all wet and drippy while trying to get to my laptop...not a good thing, heh.)

[leahclifford]

I think muses are quite fond of shower visits. Creepy little things, those muses. :)

[marvad]

I'm a master of deflection. If I'm not in the groove writing, then I can find a ton of stupid things to do. Blog, read others' blogs, check out YouTube, vacuum...

If I'm down and feeling blue, however, this always makes me smile:

http://svt.se/hogafflahage/hogafflaHage_site/Kor/hestekor.swf

Click on the horses and listen.

[leahclifford]

HA!!!!

[elanajohnson]

Great post Leah! It's totally okay to talk to your mom! LOL! I just didn't want that to be your ONLY response to how you feel better. Music is a great way to get out of the pool.

And I've never laughed so hard at a youtube video! Thanks for that!

[leahclifford]

"Get with the Times, New Roman!" haha gets me every time!

[elknutswife]

Ahhh, a great ponder session always works wonders for me too :) You are so right, sometimes it really helps to just step back from a problem and think about something else. Great post and love the video!!!

[leahclifford]

Glad you liked it :)

[ruthannereid]

Oh. My. Word.

This is made of SO MUCH WIN.

[leahclifford]

Hahah! Glad you liked it!