I just wanted to watch a movie!!!

So last night I was exhausted!!! I have been on this yoga detox challenge for three days and it involves doing yoga once a day, eating VEGAN and abstaining from alcohol for 15 days. Anyone of these things by itself would generally be a challenge for me, but add them all together and I'm really feeling a change!

I have been tired, energized, relaxed, frustrated, crave-infested, impatient, motivated, proud, sad and confused in an ever revolving cycle for the last 3 days! To top it all off, this has been my busiest month yet, so I think every emotion I'm feeling has been magnified ten fold!

So, last night I had no majorly pressing items left on my TO DO list and I decided I deserved a little movie night! I was very excited about the video on demand on my tv and that I wouldn't even have to leave my snuggly condo to rent a dvd. I went to the VOD page and attempted to check through the movies and set up my first order.

In the process, something in the technological world went awry and my tv decided to go snowy. Now, I love a good snowfall as much as the next detoxed yogi, but this was unexpected! I tried everything......I turned the cable box on and off (no luck), I turned the tv on and off (no luck) I called MTS and went through the entire automated system simply to find myself listening to a recorded announcement that their office was closed for the day (obviously...no luck). I am aware that this is the equivalent of kicking your tires when your car won't start, but that is about the level of my technological expertise!

Maybe it was the toxins leaving my body, or maybe it was the stress of the busy month, but for some reason this upset me more than it should have! I found myself standing in front of my tv, holding the remote with white nuckles and saying over and over, "no....this can't be happening" and "come on, not now!! I just wanted to watch a movie". It was as if I genuinely thought my tv was listening and was somehow punishing me for taking time to relax!

And so I sat down on the floor, remote still in hand, snow still fluttering on my television and said no more. I felt pathetic, defeated, sad and annoyed all at the same time. How could something so small and ridiculous cause such emotions!?!? I decided that in life when you feel like your tank is empty, it's always worth giving one final effort before calling CAA. So I picked my sorry butt off the floor and went to the tv to manually push some buttons (kind of like checking the windshield washer levels when you car won't start!)After realizing that changing the contrast wasn't doing the job, I decided my last resort would be to re-set the manufacturer's default settings. This took ages, but low and behold....my cable began to work again and the snow disappeared!!!

I AM BRILLIANT!!! was my only logical conclusion! By this time it was almost 11pm and I no longer had the stamina nor interest in finding a movie to watch. I turned the tv off, went into my bed and read until I fell asleep with the lights in my room on.

So the moral of the story....when life gets you down and you have exhausted all options, always give it at least one more effort because you never know what will happen! Oh...and if you want a nice relaxing movie night....just walk to Blockbuster and rent the darn thing! ;)

Thanks for stopping in! Remember to Dream Bigger. Succeed Faster.

Aisha Alfa
Owner, Certified Professional Coach
Alfa Life Coaching
www.alfalifecoaching.ca