New Year's Blues

We all know the Sunday blues. If you don't, you just haven't labeled that somber gloom in your heart on a Sunday. It is the last day of the week. Tomorrow, the insanity that is your life starts all over again! (Hooray! You say while crunching your teeth...) But I have experienced a new phenomenon (to me, anyway): New Year's Blues. It started a day or two after New Year's Eve and gradually grew from a tiny swell into an intimidating wave. I normally charge into the NY with clear resolutions, the best intentions, a suitcase full of motivation, and the energy of a draft horse. This year? Na-ah. Nothing. Zipper-dee-zip-squat. No excitement. No energy. No clear...anything. Instead, I have felt the new year as a heavy weight. I lack confidence and direction. I'm not sure about anything I'm undertaking.

You may be waiting for the solution—or resolution—which will hopefully pull you out of your own slump. Sorry, I don't really have one. But I did realize one thing: life is like (A Box Of Chocolates...Hahaha, no, sorry.) a diamond. Did you know that a classically cut diamond has 58 sides? I picture that at any point in our lives, we find ourselves on one of those sides of the diamond. Some sides might be more sparkly and shiny than others. But they're all part of the same big beautiful thing called life. And if you find yourself on a rather dark side of that diamond, that's ok. There is a reason for that. You won't be there forever.

Right, well, that was a lot of BS from me about diamonds. It's not like I can afford one.

Have a sparkling (or just ok) day!