I was desperate for a good night’s sleep. Three nights of tossing and turning made me really, really grouchy. After sharing with my grad school professor how frustrated I was, he said “mix it up. ” He suggested that I either:
- sleep on the sofa, or
- lie on the floor, or
- put my head where my feet usually go.
I tried the head/foot switch, and after a few minutes of “this is weird,” it worked beautifully. I suspect it worked well because I wanted to believe it would, and in a way because I was telling my body I meant business.
Speaking of business, I found myself in a creative slump these last two weeks. Unable to dream up an original idea, reluctant to sit down and write for fear of staring at a blank page, and generally ho-hum about anything to do with creativity.
I decided it was time to employ “the head/foot thing,” as I’ve come to call it, and I took myself to the library. Comfortably ensconced in the quiet reading room, with tea and a cookie, I got more reading and writing done in the two and a half hours spent there than I had in the past two weeks. I’m writing this post from there, too.
Is it time for you to employ the head/foot thing? Where in your life are you feeling a bit stuck? Sometimes, a small change – scenery, position, going from grumpy to grateful – will do the trick very nicely.
