4 things I do to get through a bad day

No matter what I do there seems to be days that just don't go right for me and no matter how many positive thoughts I push out into the Universe, my day just turns to crap. Those are the days where I just feel like giving up and hibernating in bed until the next day. Unfortunately, that's not always possible so I combat those bad days the best I can. 

1.} I always try to find something positive in a negative situation. Take notice of the word "try". There are times when that just isn't possible, and I really see nothing good in the situation at all. I take those moments as lessons to be learned and remembered to never try that again!
 I mean for example (of something I have never done) ... who snowboards down a flight of stairs... just because someone did it on TV doesn't mean you should ever try it... HELLO broken bones! 

2.} I make it a habit of going through my gratitude list in my head daily. I will always find something to be grateful for in any situation.  There is always something to be grateful for. (Like being smart enough NOT to snowboard down a flight of stairs, yes, I'm talking about you weirdo's who do it!) I count my blessings every morning when I wake up and while I'm lying in bed waiting to fall asleep. 

3.} It tends to take me a good hour to fall asleep, so I try to take naps whenever it's possible to do so. Someday I'll regulate my sleep cycle again. I swear during lock down I was sleeping so well, but now my sleep cycle is all messed up! When I'm in a bad mood, which has been a lot as of late, then I'll lay down for about an hour for a mini nap.  My normal naps are like 4 hours long, so an hour is a mini nap to me!

4.} I try my hardest to meditate as well when I'm having a rough time. It's really hard for me to settle my thoughts. It's like there are 300 people in my head and everyone is talking to me at the same time about different things. I will go to bed half an hour before I normally do and meditate. I have instrumental music playing in the background to help calm the voices to a dull roar.

All in all, folks I choose to be an optimist. I choose to look for the silver linings on bad days. Things just tend to work out as they are meant to and most of the time, I find that I really worried about nothing. I have always said that I am indeed my own worst critic and I'm currently working on firing that critic and find myself an inner self-help guru.