How Do You Get "Back On Track" When You Fall Off?

How Do You Get “Back On Track” When You Fall Off?

Sometimes life travels along nicely

Then BANG! For some unknown reason, you fall off the tracks of your life into a slump.

You know the signs: low energy, lack of motivation, miserable attitude and maybe even depression.

What is hard to know is, how do you pull yourself UP and “outta there”?

Maybe we need to mix up life and change our routines.

If nothing else, this can help your sanity. Some changes you make you will find to be psychologically helpful.

Maybe we could step up with our activity into exercise. This usually makes you happier and more relaxed, not to mention what it will do to your self-esteem.

Maybe we could stop to help others and in return we get a better feeling about our life and realize things for us are not so bad. This is a time of moving away from “me” to “others.”

Maybe we need to shake out the cobwebs out of our heads and stop spending so much time worrying about our problems. Could we make a list of problems and then solutions to resolving them and then just let go of them?

If we get into mental slumps brought on by stress why not set the problem aside for a couple of days and get a new perspective.

Do you have any suggestions for getting out of the slumps?

Read more posts by Mary Ann Sheveland here. Mary Ann is a blogger for JenningsWire.

Mary Ann Sheveland

Mary Ann grew up in Brownwood, a small central Texas town. Her early love of the violin, which developed at the age of ten, and subsequent mastery of the instrument opened many opportunities for her. She was mentored and prepared for her musical journey from the director of the Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra. She auditioned and was selected to join the Blue Jeans Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra was underwritten by Levi Straus Blue Jean Manufacturer and the City of Estes Park, Colorado. Two musical students from each state were selected and concerts were given each Sunday afternoon in a natural amphitheater in the Rocky Mountains. Mary Ann remains an alumnus of this group which is an active symphony now making their home in Breckenridge, Colorado. Mary Ann also played in the Las Vegas, Wichita Falls and Austin Symphony Orchestras.

She had a busy career beginning at the Governor’s Office in Colorado. Then fourteen years at a Texas Trade Association. She was Manager of a Computer Magazine Publishing Company. The last few years of working were spent in sales, which led to her home office, as her husband’s health declined.

Since her husband’s death, Mary Ann has written several books, including a Book of Poetry, Children’s Short Stories, Reflections, The Pioneers and her just published book, Journey of My Heart, A Memoir.

During the last quarter of 2012 Mary Ann was engaged with speaking engagements and book signings in several states, as well as radio interviews from New York City, Dallas, Denver, Portland and Seattle, Washington.