The Big Fat Funky Mom Slump

So what do you do when you get in a slump? A big fat slump. A big fat slump. What do you do when you get in a slump? A big, fat, funky slump. I'm going to tell you right now, hey, mama Hannah here, and I am taking a dog on a walk. And I'm so excited to bring you along with me because we're going to talk about the mom slump. And you know what I'm talking about. And I'm especially talking about it today because I am feeling it big time. It's the mom slump is where the house is a bit chaotic, a little disorganized. It's been rainy all day. I don't want to do the things I know I need to do. And I'm not caught up on my schedule. You know, just everything where you just want to get in the car, go to Target and look in the holiday section or something because you just. You just aren't dealing with it. It's called a mom slump. If you haven't had it, I'm sure you will. But you probably know exactly what I'm talking about. Now. I'm going to share with you why you get in that mom slump to begin with, okay? It's like 99 of the time. This is why we get in a mom slump. And it's because we have stopped doing our routines. You know how important routines are. You know what I'm talking about with routines. I am so big on routines, y'. All. But all of us have those times in life when we stop doing them. We take a break. We're like, oh, you know, it doesn't matter today. And all of a sudden it's gone four or five days, maybe four or five weeks. And we haven't been writing down our goals, we haven't been exercising, we haven't been speaking our proclamations, all those things that I'm so big on. And if you've been following me for any time, I'm sure you are, too. It's the routines. And when we stop doing our routines, we inevitably get in a slump. And then what we do is we're in the middle of the slump and we're like, oh, my gosh, why am I feeling this way? I'm just so fed up with life and I'm exhausted. My kids are driving me crazy, and all of a sudden we start spiraling downward. So that slump can easily turn into something a lot worse. It can turn into anxiety, depression, all that kind of stuff, like full on bomb fatigue syndrome. So the first thing I want you to do. When you feel that mom slump is, I want you to step outside of yourself for just a moment. Because so many times when you're in the slump, you just like, that's all you can see, feel, think. Everything is. I'm right here in this moment. Step out of yourself and objectively say, have I fallen out of any of my routines? Am I still having my devotion in the morning? Am I still spending enough time with my kids? Am I still spending enough time in prayer and exercise? You know, the routines. So you need to step out and look at it and say, have I done it? And I can tell you right now, the reason I personally am feeling a slump today is because this morning, I did not lay out my clothes last night. I did not have the smoothie that I always have. I mean, I'm a creature of routines. And I fell out of it. I wasn't following through. I didn't go over my map this morning and write down my goals. So, you know, it's no wonder. I mean, it happens when you fall out of the routines, the slump will occur. So step outside yourself and say, have I fallen out of any routines? And then you just have to make a choice decision. Today is where I get back to the routines. I get back to it. I'm going to start doing 1, 2, 3, whatever it is. And if you need to reach out to another friend or maybe if you're inside my master university, you know, your mentor or a fellow sister inside there, and just ask them, y', all, this car just drove by and this girl is like, pointing at fits and laughing and which. Or maybe she was pointing at me and laughing. That was. That was probably more like it. Mom, there's that crazy lady that talks to herself all the time. So. So anyway, get a. Get a sister inside my master university or a friend or someone who can hold you accountable, say, okay, I've fallen out of my routines. I need to do xyz. So can we just kind of every day maybe text each other and be accountable to this? Because if I try to do it by myself, I'm probably not going to be going to the gym every day. Just, you know, I was being real here. So have an accountability partner. Mentors are great for that. Another thing. So that's the first thing you can do is make sure you go back to your routines, because you need to think what worked for me in the first place. What worked for me. I was. I was saying my proclamations kind of fits. Come on. I'll say my proclamations I was doing my budget. I was, you know, eating healthy every day. You know, go back to the things that were working for you, because we'll just slip out of it. We'll get comfortable and we'll slip. Go back to the routines. Number two, you need to change your state. Now, this is a. This is really a skill. A lot of people may say, I can't, Hannah, because, you know, when I'm down, I'm just down. Like, I can't shake it. Or when I'm feeling tired, you know, I'm just. I'm just tired. I just want to lay down. We sink in to our state instead of altering our state. There's a training inside Mount Master University called Altered State. If you are inside mmu, make sure you go and listen to that. But it really helps you develop the skill. Skill on how to alter your state. Because your state and what I mean by state is like your current mood, emotions, and energy level. So how you're currently feeling, whether it's high energy, low energy, empower, defeated, whatever it is, so you can change your state. Sometimes we don't think we can. We're like, I'm just. I'm just too tired to do anything else, you know, but. Or here's the big one. We wait for the mood to hit. How many times have you waited for the mood to hit, to exercise, and it just never hits. So you can't really wait to have a mood hit. You can be in charge of altering your mood and changing your state. And what you need to do is to, first of all, with your body, like, change your body. Change how you're holding your body. Stand up, do that power pose for a little while. You know, the Wonder Woman pose. Put on some empowering music, think empowering thoughts, do some deep breaths, Change your state, your mental, emotional, and physical state. You are in charge of that. One thing I love to do. And it's funny because isn't it true that the thing we most need to do, we never want to do? Like. Like, you need to change your state, but we don't want to. Like, we don't even want to put forth the energy to try to change our state into a more energetic one? But I'm telling you, if you will do this, oh, you'll be so grateful you did. So it could be just putting on some super hype music, like get your most hype songs that you love, the ones that make you get up, the ones that make you dance, the one that's. That make you throw the cushions off the furniture and jump on the sofa, whatever it is. Put on some really hype music. Just tell yourself, you know what? Even though I don't feel like it, even though I don't want to, even though I'd rather drag my butt all over this house, I'm just gonna dance for this one song. I'm gonna force myself to dance for this one song. And you'll find at the end of the song, you're like, oh, my gosh, this really. It really did change my state. So music helps so much. So much. So does just deep breathing, physical movement, Just being able to shake it off. Like, literally shake it off. Feel it. Feel that exhaustion, that fatigue, that lethargy is just falling off of you. Now the third thing. So we've got, number one, go back to your routines. Number two. Oh, here's my son. He just pulled up. Hey, dude.

Hi.

I'm making a podcast. Oh, what's up? I'm talking about what to do when you're in a slump.

Oh, shoot. I just got out of a slump.

How'd you get out of the slump?

By taking. Well, okay. There's a lot of steps.

Well, what did you do?

I had to start writing stuff.

I wonder if this mic can pick you up.

I don't know. I had to start scheduling up my day and getting the vision down. Those two were, like, the biggest attributes because, like, I don't know, I was in a slump most when I didn't have, like, a clearly defined goal.

Yeah.

And as soon as I figured out, like, okay, I want. Not only did I want this, right. I had, like, my dream, I had a vision, but I had a goal, which case, I, like, put a plan to it. And I was like, okay, I have deadlines. I know what I need to do. And then I wrote that down every single day, or I'm writing it down every single day.

That's cool. Cuz the first thing I said is, you've probably fallen out of your routines.

There you go. Yeah, that's exactly.

Go back to your routine.

Back to the routine. And it helps.

Yeah.

And also, grace goes a long way, but.

Oh, amazing grace, how sweet the sound. All right, cool. Well, I'm gonna finish his walk and I'll see you at home. Cool.

Sounds good. All right, love you.

Love you too. Okay. You might want to put in drive. Okay, well, that was cool. Had a guest on the podcast, so we were talking about getting out of a slump. Number one, go back to your routines. Number two, change your state. Number three, change your environment. Which is why I am taking fits on a walk. Because. Because I didn't want to. You know what I wanted to do? Just sit at the kitchen table on my computer while my kids were having snacks and. And stay in the same. Same environment I had been in all day long. And I realized, you know what? I've got to. I've got to change my environment. I got to switch things up. So that's why I'm taking the dog on a walk. So change your environment if you've been inside all day. Step outside if you've been outside. And it's kind of hard to be in a slump outside. Have you noticed? Because you usually energy levels are so much higher when you're outside, so. Oh, hold on. I'm going to walk this way because there are dogs up there and I don't want fist to bark because this is already a completely casual podcast, and I just don't. Don't think you would want to hear a bunch of barking that's just taking it a little too far. So change your environment. It's hard to be very lethargic when you're outside you. Just because of the fresh air, hopefully the sunshine, which we haven't had that today. But it just helps to change where you are, switch up your environment. If you've been inside, get in the car, go outside, go upstairs, go downstairs, go on the back porch, go on the front porch, do something to switch up where you are. Because if you're in the same place all day long. And that's why I would sometimes when, like, the kids are really little and I had babies, there were countless times, so I'd be like, I don't care how cold it is. I don't care how hot it is. We're getting in the stroller. Not we. Like, I didn't actually get in the stroller. You got. Kids are getting in the strollers. You're gonna walk with me. We're going on a walk. You just have to get out and change your environment so you can get out of this slump. Girl, I know what it's like. I know what the slump is like. Understand that I am there with you. Like, you're not alone here. I know sometimes as a mom, you can feel isolated. You are not. You are surrounded with people who care about you. I love you. I got your back, and I am not going to let you stay in that slump. Okay? We're going to do this together. Number one, go back to your routines. Number two, change your state. Number three, girl, get out of that place where you are. Switch up your environment. Do something positive. I know you can do this. Get out of the slump. I love you. Break out of that big, fat, funky slump and let's get things going.