Soul Snacks Make a Happy Girl

We all go through these periods of our lives where you get pulled down, feel unlike the person you were or should be, and just sit on a roller coaster of emotional "Debbie Downers" and "Mary Catherine Gallagher's". I feel like sometimes it just takes time to wade the water and climb out of whatever it is that you're going through. They could last a week, a season, even a year. Most of the time you don't even realize you were in a funk until it's gone.

So how do you get through these? Great question, right? I don't have a cinematic reveal on how to move through this, but I can offer a few suggestions or what I like to call "soul snacks" that can help get you back to the most fabulous version of yourself. Getting past the funk really might just take time, but here are a few tips that can lead the way to a happier personal perspective.

Snacks for the Soul
- Go out to dinner with a friend, order whatever looks delicious, do not order a salad, stay long after the check has been paid and talk with whomever makes you feel like the best version of yourself. (side note, if it's your boyfriend that's been giving you heartburn lately, do not take him, choose a different dinner partner).

- Watch a great TV series. The kind that evoke happy thoughts or new perspective. My choice will always be Sex & The City. For others it may be Seinfeld, The Office or even Perfect Strangers...I don't know why, but trust me on this one.

- Make a plan or a ton of plans. Fill up your calendar with things to do. Don't just save it for the weekend, let it spill into your week. Nothing will get you through a Wednesday better then knowing you have plans to do something after work.

- Time for a big-ish change. My thought about being stuck in a funk is that you most likely got into one because something happened or is happening that you couldn't control. Funks usually sneak up on us and force us to be stuck in a rut. Well, bitch slap it away with something that you can change. It could be a big as changing jobs or as small as finding something else to do besides work and drinking with friends. Change helps you grow and before you know it, you've grown right out of the funk!

-Give yourself a day. Take a Sunday and make a big breakfast, relax, shop, do whatever makes you feel relaxed. But do it alone, I've found that a lot of times you need to pull yourself out of it and the best way to do that is spend time alone doing things on your own for yourself. If you need some serious soul-food, pull out the Visa and get a hot stone massage...yes, they work they pull you right out of negative thoughts and into about 50-80 minutes of pure bliss.

Snap out of it. If nothing else, these were a few suggestions that offer moments of happiness and smiles, which I believe helps to pull (girls especially) out of a funk. Happy Friday, have a fabulous weekend, make it a memorable one!