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I'm Diane Gorsel, also known as 
Silver Disobedience, and I am 

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recording from my office today. 
And today I want to talk about 

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10 things you can do when you 
get into a funk. 

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To get out of that funk, the big
point of this will be you just 

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have to choose to do them. 
You know, all of us. 

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All of us. 
Every single one of us. 

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Me too. 
Visit Funky Town at some point. 

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And I am not talking about the 
Uptown funk like Bruno Mars 

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sings about. 
I'm talking about tough times 

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when we really need to get 
ourselves out of mental muck. 

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So here's a list of 10 things to
get your mojo back and pumping 

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when it seems to be hanging out 
in a bad neighborhood where you 

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just can't get through and get 
up and get rocking. 

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Okay. 
So here's number one. 

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Get out of the house. 
Change your neighborhood, Change

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your environment. 
Go look at scenery in a 

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different area. 
If you usually walk down the 

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street one way, take a different
route, Look at things in the 

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scenery around you. 
Get out of your usual 

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environment, OK? 
And when you do that, say hi. 

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Give a little wave to any 
strangers you pass. 

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You'd be surprised how their 
energy might well, we'll come 

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back to you, maybe with a wave 
too. 

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Might come back with the like. 
Who are you? 

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But you never know, might start 
up a conversation as well #2 

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Take a brisk walk. 
Go as fast as you can. 

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Really pump it up. 
Just really try to walk as fast 

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as you can. 
And again, if you pass anybody, 

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give them a little wave. 
If you don't even want to say 

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hi, just give them the wave #3. 
Volunteer to do something for 

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someone else. 
It could be anything. 

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It could be something as simple 
as opening a door for someone, 

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letting them have the closer 
spot in the parking lot. 

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Or it could be finding out who 
really needs some help and maybe

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making them a dinner or 
volunteering to read in a 

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classroom. 
Do something for someone else. 

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It's an amazing mood. 
Elevator #4. 

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Call a friend. 
Even better. 

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Go meet in person, enjoy a nice 
decaf tea, throw in a cookie if 

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you want or something healthy 
and have a good conversation. 

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One-on-one contact is on the 
decline and it is a shame. 

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I think it's the one of the top 
reasons people are feeling sad 

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and depressed. 
We whether it's conversational 

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energy or just plain the energy 
that goes back and forth between

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people, it's real and we need 
it. #5 would be Wake up early 

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enough to watch a sunrise or 
make it a point to sit and watch

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a sunset. 
When you watch the sunrise and 

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the sunset, you really get a 
bigger picture of the world, 

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world at large and that there's 
immense beauty in it. 

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When you see those pinks and 
oranges and Reds, it's 

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invigorating. 
Give it a try, number six. 

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When I don't feel great, I like 
to read a good short, a short 

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story, little short stories in 
whatever genre genre you like, 

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and I prefer them to be fiction.
I can read, you know, ways to 

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improve myself all the time. 
I can go back and read my own 

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blogs for that matter, but when 
I really want to get out of the 

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mood, a book of short stories, 
and I always keep them around, I

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go to Goodwill. 
I go to bookstores. 

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I always look in the short story
section and look for just ones 

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that are, you know, three to 10 
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So I can just transport myself. 
And if you really like reading, 

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get a few good whole books to 
keep around and read them 

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regularly. 
Reading is underrated. 

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It it would be a shame if we 
only read what we think we need 

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to know or because it's 
important. 

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Reading is a wonderful relaxing 
past. 

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I pass time, a word I don't 
really love because I don't like

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to ever think I'm passing time. 
But it is a great thing to do #7

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Try some classical music. 
Listen for 10 minutes, whether 

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it's Mozart, Vivaldi, Beethoven,
Chopin. 

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Try to identify as many 
instruments as you can while 

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you're listening to that music. 
It is a meditative exercise. 

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Classical music can be very 
meditative, but really when you 

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get down and you drill in and 
you say, oh, I hear some violins

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there, or that's a, you know, a 
trombone or a tenor sax, you 

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just will be transported as you 
hear all the different sounds 

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from a really good orchestral 
set of music #8. 

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Turn on the music and dance for 
10 minutes, all by yourself. 

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Get in the groove. 
Put on Uptown funk like I was 

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talking about with Bruno Mars at
the beginning of this or that's 

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what I like, and flick your hair
and dance. 

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Like get into it. 
Choose any song you like. 

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If you're into country, grab a 
good country tune. 

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You wanted head banging, 
rock'n'roll, whatever you want 

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to hip and hop. 
I don't care what the genre is. 

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Get up and dance. 
Turn on the music, put on your 

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headphones or blast it if you're
home alone and dance #9 if you 

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drive and even if you don't 
drive. 

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Go someplace where you can sing 
Stadium loud to whatever song 

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you like. 
Channel your inner rock star or 

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your Sinatra or your Beyoncé, 
whatever it is. 

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But sing. 
Singing brings so much into 

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play. 
When you are breathing, you're 

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relaxing and singing. 
Unless you want to pass out, 

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you're going to have to do some 
serious breathe, breathing and 

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timing of those breaths. 
If you want to even try to do it

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well, #10 challenge your mind a 
little. 

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Decide you're going to learn a 
new vocabulary word and then try

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to use it throughout the day. 
So don't just try to learn it. 

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Really say ooh, how can I throw 
this one in and test it out? 

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Use it. 
Try these 10 tips. 

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Let me know how you're feeling, 
please. 

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I'm Diane Grissel. 
I'm also known as Silver 

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Dispedients. 
I want to thank you very much 

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for joining me. 
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hit, subscribe, come back and 
visit me often. 

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growers of all ages, life 

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learners of all ages. 
Have a great day. 

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Bye, bye.