Dealing With Our 'BAD DAYS'

 

So, HOW's your BAD DAYS?  Please DON'T tell us that you never had one?  We've all had those days WHERE it feels like nearly everything goes wrong.  WHILE you were running late for work, you spilled coffee on your new pants.  Then on your way home, your car broke down and you ended up missing your best friend's birthday party.  Ouchhhh.  WHAT IF you get hit with that BAD LUCK in a streaky way?  That's one kind of a nightmare because that can bog you down and even mentally drain you📘📙📗

Some other time, all it takes is one bad event to turn your GOOD day into a BAD one.  LIKE a rough meeting at work can put you in a negative frame of mind for the rest of the day and make you look at everything through those negative blinders.  WHATEVER the cause OR the trigger was, I can attest that it's damn hard to dig yourself out of a crummy day.  On the other hand, it is NOT that impossible IF and WHEN you are determined enough to extricate yourself out of that deep foxhole.  And WHILE there is NO cure to instantly turn your day around, there are tools you can have under your belt to keep a lousy day from hijacking your overall outlook on any given day💙💛💚

Psychologists coined a proven trick tagged as '3M'  for MINDFULNESS, MOVING and MENTAL reset.  WHEN we're in the midst of a bad day, it can be hard to stop and reflect on your feelings because sometimes, a BAD day is just a BAD day.  BUT a lot of times, there may be a deeper cause behind your emotional response to things going wrong.  Is it either anger, sadness OR resentment?  Researches have proven that knowing and naming your feelings is incredibly helpful✅✅✅

Other studies do tell us that in order to SHAKE OFF a bad day, you need to do just that.  GET ACTIVE and MOVE although let's admit it, this is easier than done especially WHEN we are so overwhelmed by our emotions that we DON'T want to move at all.  BUT if you do consider to MOVE your body, your mind will follow.  I can attest to that proven best practice the days WHERE the stars were NOT aligned in my favor because I realized that sitting still gives our FEELINGS that time to 'fester', if you may call it😌😌😌

Our takeaway:  As I had my fair share of BAD DAYS many a zillion times in the past, I can attest that the last thing we want to opt for is to 'BABY SIT' those BAD DAYS.  LIKE deciding to cancel your TO-DO List.  LIKE locking yourself in the room the rest of the day.  LIKE ignoring the people WHO want to talk to you.  LIKE shutting off yourself and literally 'exiling' yourself somewhere even for just a day.  Those WON'T fix your bad days.  You got to gather and have that gumption to endeavor turning things around from BAD to GOOD at all cost❗❗❗