We all have bad days. When I say bad I refer to those angry, cloudy, blue, terrifying, lonely days. The ones we hate but everyone just eventually has one. It´s the fate we all have to embrace. Even cheerful people like Zooey Deschanel that seem to always be high on sugar also suffer from these bad days. These are simple, easy ways to let the bad day just end.
The 7 tricks
1. Fill your ears with your favourite song. There is nothing better than singing and dancing to the song you know by heart.
2. Entertain yourself. Watch a movie (something not very serious or tragic), have coffee with the funniest friends you have or go dancing. Your goal is to distract yourself.
3. Don´t be alone! Although sometimes we think that it is better to feel how everything is going wrong and do it alone, the fact is you will just make yourself worse. Your brain will make you feel the worst. At first, it’s difficult but minutes after you won’t even be thinking about what made you have a bad day.
4. Think about the bigger picture. We have the tendency to trick our perspective but ask yourself, does this really matter? Will this still affect me a year from now?
5. Write it down! Release all your anger with a pen and paper. Write a letter to the person, write what happened, write what you wish you had said or done and believe me that after all the anger just goes away.
6. Send by mail a gift made by you to a friend you know needs love. Give someone the love you need. It feels so good to make someone smile.
7. Write a poem about something that haunts your mind, write about the wonders and let them flow in every genre.
A bad day often happens due to a heated argument. Escaping these feuds is better than actually having them. Although hot-headed people tend to prefer to say everything they want and instantly regretting all the words after. Below are questions to ask yourself in a way to avoid these worst days.
Before you react ask yourself
- Will this really matter a year from now?
- Is this also my fault? Was it really just the others or am I overlooking my behaviour?
- If it’s not my fault what can I do to move on?
- Should I forget what happened and move on?
- Who can I ask for advice on how I should behave with this matter?
- Can I do something to make the situation better? Will it change the outcome?
- What did I learn about the people and what just happened?
- What will happen after I explode?
