The pace of life can sometimes be unsustainable. Relate? Life can often put you or me in such a funk that we just need to get away, & (no I’m not soliciting for southwest airlines:) I call it dropping my junk, (everyday life stuff), getting away and getting re-energized. These moments do not have to be costly, just intentional. I have had many junk, (everyday life stuff), dropping moments over the years.
I have gone to retreat centers, hotels, towns, cities, mountains, oceans, etc. You get the point. ”In a funk? Drop your junk to get a right perspective again.”
Angel dropped her junk and re-energized in Kenosha, WI. Faces, spaces, and places of refreshing for her. Hannah & Samuel (my two oldest children), retreated to Wisconsin Dells. I headed back to my hometown (New Glarus, WI). Home of “The Spotted Cow.”
When I drop my junk there are certain practices I normally do, (I’ll share those another day). But this junk dropping, funk stopping trip was different, because it entailed my hometown, which elicited all kinds of emotions and memories. I went to my old schools, homes, restaurants, places of employment, and areas of personal sentiment. A personal favorite was going to my childhood friends home, where I spent many a night as a child.
Maybe you need to road trip as well? Though your past might not always elicit good memories like mine? It is your past, and it can be a great propeller to your future health.
Are you in a funk? Give me some insight as to what you have done over the years to get out of it? Would love some insight!
