Off Days Suck

Off days suck, they really do. I don't mean days off - those can be great. I mean days where everything is just...off. You feel half a step (or a full step) out of sync with everything, and feel as though you keep tripping over your day. You want a re-start, so you can wake up in step with the day to come, and not feel beat up just for existing.

I had an off day yesterday, and it was awful. The little things like random stuff breaking, falling, actually tripping, and losing things that were right in front of me, tend to build up. They build up because I'm off inside. I'm unbalanced, and so my world becomes unbalanced.

The most difficult part, for me, about having a day like this, is stopping everything, and realizing it's me that's the issue. It's easy and tempting to blame everything else, especially when there are bigger things that end up being off as a result. That doesn't actually fix anything though, because the things happening around me when I'm unbalanced are simply side effects of the real issue, and fixing them won't make me balanced.

I tend to want to fix those little issues, and when I can't (because they aren't actually the issue) it becomes taxing. So, last night, after a full day of letting myself get beat up because I was unbalanced, I finally stopped, and refocused. I prayed, cleared out all the internal muck, and actually slept decently for the first time this week.

Today I can tell things want to be off balance, because the residual energy from me yesterday is still lingering around. I'm more balanced today though, and have a completely different energy, and it's fixing things around me. While I adore being able to fix me, and have that end up as a positive result around me, I still hate off days. It takes far longer to re-balance myself after having a funky day like yesterday, than it took to get in the funk in the first place.

What are some things you do in order to get re-balanced, and fix a funky off day? I'm always curious to hear how others handle things like that, so drop a comment and let me know! Maybe I can keep the funk from returning any time soon.