The dreaded funk...and I am not talking about your Reeboks

It happens over and over again, it can last for a week, it can last for a couple of days, but everyone will miss their visit with the motivation fairy. I can't explain it, and it angers me each time it happens, but I go through phases where I am just not into it...not into the workout, tired, don't feel like going, etc. What is the deal?...I am taking rest days, eating right, why all of the sudden is my mojo gone?
   Well, I don't have an answer for you, plain and simple. What I do know, is that this happens every now and then, it comes and goes, and can be attributed to any number of factors that go into your daily routine. You can only control so much...remember that. The key to succeeding is finding your way around the road bocks, managing the wrenches that get thrown into your routine. ("If you can dodge a wrench...you can dodge a ball".......anyone? anyone?) What I have found is that, for me, staying in my routine gets me through it. I keep coming, keep taking my normal rest days, but I have found that by doing this, "the funk" goes by much quicker. Being around the excitement of others in the gym is intoxicating, and contagious. I find ways of motivating myself. I set new goals. I achieve them, and thus the cycle begins again. I accept that not every day is going to be exciting, you have to enjoy some cloudy days to really appreciate the sunny ones. Don't let your funk be the catalyst that causes you to "take some time off" for a month. Try to listen to your body and realize when you need the rest, or when the old you is protesting, that this whole working out thing is too difficult.
And speaking of funks, summer is here...I wash my shoes in the washing machine about once every two weeks....it helps.....
MAKE this week a good week.