• The Complexities of Life

    Random Thought #19: Fresh Starts

    The Recovering Pessimist: Random Thought #19: Fresh Starts - Having a bad day is inevitable. How you choose to deal with that bad day is what matters...because you'll have another bad day. | www.therecoveringpessimist.me #amwriting #recoveringpessimist #optimisticpessimistI have bad days.

    You have bad days.

    We ALL have bad days.

    Having a bad day is one of my top five things I don’t enjoy experiencing. It’s right up there with menstrual cramps and migraines. Experiencing them is inevitable, however, I choose how I deal with them. I can wallow in pain, or I can develop coping mechanisms to make them manageable. I use the same approach for bad days.

    For example, I tell myself the following:

    • Today will come to an end.
    • While today was bad, today could’ve been worse.
    • Midnight brings a fresh start of 24 hours for me to make good use of.

    I’ll be honest, sometimes none of the above works and that’s okay. In those instances, I come home and try to decompress. If that doesn’t work, I shower, eat, and go to bed. Sometimes, turning my brain off is what’s needed to escape from the claws of a bad day.

    [bctt tweet=”It’s all about how you choose to deal with bad days. Choose wisely.” username=”MsWalton”]

    Until next time,

    MsWalton