Eat, Pray, LIVE !!

I'm in a funk.

I don't feel good about how my life is progressing right now, well, because it isn't.

I feel stuck, you know. I'm not growing, not moving. I feel a NEED, a deep desire to do something else — I just don't know what.

I don't think I'm depressed. I'm just not happy right now (and I'm usually a pretty happy person). Maybe it's PMS. Let's see if I still feel this way next week.

But I don't feel my best - my beautiful best.
Last Saturday I attended a health fair and found out my blood pressure was up. WHAT? I couldn't believe it. I thought the lady was crazy, on drugs or didn't know how to use the machine. I told her that I teach Jazzercise six days a week and TRY to eat a healthy diet. My blood pressure is always low, I told her.

"Is something going on in your life that is stressing you out?" she asked.

I couldn't pinpoint it at that time, but I really believe that I need a change of scenery: an eat, pray, LIVE moment.

Unlike Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of Eat, Pray, Love, I can't afford to take a year off — though I wish I had her adventuresome spirit. Sometimes I am so damn responsible: I go to work, pay my bills, obey the law, blah, blah, blah. I admire those who just do what they want without thought of consequence; you know those fearless souls who live by their own rules. That's freedom.

But I would do a month, yeah, a month. That's probably all I need to "get my groove back," and get my creative juices flowing again. Gilbert traveled to Italy, India and Bali to renew her spirit, I would visit a Caribbean island. I want to go to a place that has a fabulous spa as well as hiking and yoga, meditation and massages.

I want to go to a place where I can get up when I want, explore, shop, dance and eat dessert - lol ! — all on my own schedule. I don't want to worry about work or bills, the lack of money or the lack of love or all that other stuff that comes with life.

I need a break. I need to get my joy back, get rejuvenated. I'm too young to be having a mid-life Crisis.


What about you?
What do you do to get out of a funk? Do you travel? Fast? Meditate?
What is your dream destination for your EAT, PRAY, LIVE MOMENT?
Where would you go? What would you do? How long would you stay?