Rise from the Ashes of Your Slump by Achimisul Park
Slump. I think all of you know this word and also have ever experienced. It refers to a period of decline or deterioration, which a person performs slowly, inefficiently, or ineffectively. Unfortunately, a lot of people fall in a slump and have a hard time, not being able to focus on their tasks and getting frustrated more and more by a series of disasters. However, we don’t know how we can cope with that difficult situation and what is worse is that we are so disappointed that sometimes cannot view a matter as it is. People have no idea of why a slump draws in, what it exactly is as well as when it would come round. Then, what on earth is a slump? When and why does it visit us? And how can we get over that calamity?
Lately, I had slipped into a slump. I don’t know exactly where the beginning of it was, but when I had a doubt that it may perhaps be a slump was the day when I left my book behind in the bus. I spilled coffee on my pants right after realizing the absence of it. In succession I fell flat on the floor, going to the toilet to remove a stain from coffee. This was not the end. In the weekend, there was a call for me that informed me that I had scratched a man’s car without care. I was so distressed that wanted to relieve stress. I thought having a party with friends would be helpful for refreshing myself, but it led me to drinking too much and brought out miserable outcome that I not only was late for the class next morning but lost my watch and new wallet. It was a matter of course that taking a taxi not to be late was not a good idea because of terrible traffic jam. I could no more be calm. I wept loudly on my bed, having rancor against Heaven. “What is happening to me? Why should I experience things of this sort? Why me? What is in the world my fault?” I totally lose control of my life. I missed the deadline of assignments, dozed over my work and shed tears for no particular reason. It was full of irritability ill humor, and lassitude toward everything. I felt like alone in the whole world. My friends were worried about me and gave me many advices. Although several of them seemed to be helpful, it didn’t last long. I was thoroughly exhausted.
One day, I got up and stared at my room vacantly. I gazed at my desk with a pile of books, a stack of clothes on floor in disorder and numerous dishes put one upon another, all of confusion. I stepped foot on a toilet, looked at the woman in a mirror and very surprised at the haggard face. Immediately, I took a shower and started cleaning my room. After that, I went out with only a piece of paper, a pen, and no cellular phone. I had a seat in the coffee shop and looked at lots of busy people out of the window. I became so clear. I started writing down my circumstances including affairs which I was involved in, purposes that I initially participated in them for, and my goals and objectives for them. I turned into calm. I closed my eyes and recalled a chain of events that happened to me. This time I wrote those events that bothered me, realizing that they were just small part of my life, could happen to anyone else, and didn’t aim at especially me.
Where does a slump come from? No one say that you are in a slump. One who calls it a slump and submits oneself to its will is just YOU. A slump reaches you at the very moment you believe it is a slump and because you believe it. “You, and only you, have control over your attitude. You must make the first move to a positive attitude” (Marvin, 2008). When you fall down, when you lost your watch, when you fail the exam, when you quarrel with friends, you can be baffled and make yourself a loser. Otherwise you can accept them as a trifle passing through the life and make yourself a winner. That is your choice about how you look at your life and live it. “If you are down on yourself, you are certainly not relaxed and not even heading in that direction” (Jeff, 2008). It’s up to you whether fill your time with full of fortune or full of misfortune. Then, do you think you are still in a slump?
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