Here's what I do when I've lost my mojo

Did you see my recent Facebook post?Julia 42 300x200 Help, Ive lost my Mojo!

“Ok. It’s time for an MOT (moment of truth):
I’ve lost my mojo and had a very unproductive few days!!
After sitting looking at the sea for the last half an hour and giving myself a good talking too I’m ready to get it back again. It’s time to follow my own advice and dig out my RE-BOOT list. As I also advocate accountability I’ll write a blog and share my RE-BOOT strategy later”

Well the time has come to post my re-boot (kick up the backside) strategy and be held accountable for doing the things on the list. I call it a re-boot because the brain is like a computer. It is soooo powerful and clever yet most of us don’t really understand a lot about how it works. Also you may have heard the term GIGO in relation to computers… it means put garbage in and you get garbage out, well our brains are the same. And sometimes just like even the newest, brightest, shiniest super dooper computer sometimes they get confused and the only thing that helps is to shut it down and start again.

Sometimes when you are totally overwhelmed or just plain fed up it is time to re-boot your brain. Now of course you can’t switch it off totally but you can unplug from your “garbage” thoughts and replace them with empowering or calming thoughts. When you change your thoughts you change you feelings which change your actions!

Here are the 10 things I do to give myself a reboot…

1. Write a gratitude list
2. Watch motivational videos
3. Listen to uplifting music, audio books
4. Exercise
5. Do something that gives me a sense of achievement
6. Be kind to myself
7. Set a time limit
8. Talk / share / ask for support
9. Meditate / EFT
10. What else?

Did I find my Mojo?

It’s a couple of days since I posted on Facebook so have I done the things on my list?

1. Yes, but I want to get into the habit of making gratitude a daily practice again as I stopped doing it over the summer when the kids were off school
2. Yes, TED talks are my favourite motivational videos. There are lots of short clips on YouTube, but I will do a seperate blog post linking to my favourites soon
3. Yes, At the moment I’m re-listening to The Secret on audiobook while I’m in the car or ironing etc
4. Exercise , hmmm no I’ve been procrastinating about this but next week I PROMISE I am going to start running again
5. Writing and publishing a blog gives me a sense of achievement as I’m good at starting them but not as so good at finishing them and publishing them so if you re reading this then its another yes icon smile Help, Ive lost my Mojo!
6. I haven’t been especially kind to myself yet but Ive planned in a relaxing day off next week and I’ve also been planning 2014. Plus I’ve planned out quite a bit of non-negotiable time off that I just need to stick to next year!
7. Yes I decided that yesterday at 6:00 was the end of feeling sorry for myself and the start of getting back into a routine after the summer
8. Yes, partly by sharing on this blog but also by asking for accountability from my mastermind group for the business related tasks I want to finish this week.
9. I haven’t done any meditation but I’ve found time for a little bit of tapping but I want to make a 10 minute part of my daily practice starting from next week
10. The “what else?” question is on there because often the emotions we are going through are often a signal to us that something is wrong or something needs to change or maybe we are burying our head in the sand about something.

The what else question might be last on my list but it is often one of the most important things. Unfortunately it can be one of the difficult questions to answer authentically as we humans are so good (bad?) at burying our head in the sand or not seeing the wood for the trees. If that sounds like you then check out my calmmumbootcamp.com

For me there were 2 main reasons I lost my mojo. Firstly I started to try to do too many things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time so I am planning out 2014 at the moment and I am going to simplify my business and retire some of my products to really concentrate on just a few. The Calm Mum Bootcamp will be one that is staying as it got fantastic feedback when I ran it for the first time in July. The other thing that was affecting me was my daughter is leaving home to go to University this weekend and the closer it gets the more I dread it. Obviously there is not much I can do about that but I can concentrate on the positives like how proud I am of her and how happy she is about starting a new chapter of her life and making new friends rather than thinking about how much I’m going to miss her.

So I would say that my mojo is 75% restored but once I have the move out of the way I can start getting into a routine again of doing the things that are important to keep me on the success without stress path.