1 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, welcome to Mojo Monday. It's Carli here, and 2 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: today I want to talk about something we all have 3 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,959 Speaker 1: to deal with, and that is bad days. So right now, 4 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: some of you might be going through a rough patch life, 5 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: maybe throwing you curve balls. Maybe it's stress at work 6 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: or tight deadlines, a heavy workload, maybe issues with colleagues, 7 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:37,839 Speaker 1: or perhaps there's something more personal like family challenges, a 8 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: relationship breakdown, difficult diagnosis, or maybe feeling overwhelmed by all 9 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: the demands of life from maybe your sleep hasn't been 10 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: that great. That can be a huge one and it's 11 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: having a knock on effect on your mood. So whatever 12 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: it is, I can assure you you are not alone. 13 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: There's a spectrum of what makes a bad day, and 14 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: of course some of you having worse days than others. 15 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 1: But here's the thing. A bad day doesn't have to 16 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 1: be all bad, even if it feels like it. You 17 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,639 Speaker 1: can actually have a good bad day, or at least 18 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: make it the best bad day that you could possibly have. 19 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: And to make a bad day a good bad day, 20 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: you need to kind of take off the metaphorical blinkers. 21 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: So take a moment to acknowledge where you're at, So 22 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: what is the reality of your situation, whether you like 23 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:36,039 Speaker 1: it or not. What do you have to accept because 24 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: so often we focus on how we would like things 25 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,639 Speaker 1: to be different to what they actually are or how 26 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: we would like to feel. And unless that's a motivating 27 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: thing for you to take action, it can create this 28 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: gap between the reality of what is happening and kind 29 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: of this ideal or this idealism of how you would 30 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: like it to be. If you can't accept what is 31 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: right now, both externally with your situation and internally with 32 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: how you're feeling, you will struggle because you're not facing 33 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:14,519 Speaker 1: the truth. And that's where that gap can become really wide. 34 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: It's okay to feel stressed or sad or frustrated, and 35 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: you can accept how you're feeling without getting too caught 36 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 1: up in it. Allow it to be there. Accepting your 37 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: internal and your external reality. That is the first step. 38 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: Then I want you to go outside and look up, 39 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: so seriously, look up. Look at the birds, Listen to 40 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: their song, watch the clouds drift by, Feel the air 41 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: on your skin. So can the sun if the sun's shining. 42 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: Life is tough. Life is tough, but even in the 43 00:02:55,120 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: hardest times there's still joy to experience. So shifting your 44 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 1: attention to these small moments of joy can make a 45 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: huge difference to your well being because what it does 46 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: is widens your perspective of life right now. So of 47 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 1: course it's not going to solve your problems. It's not 48 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: going to cure anyone. It won't make the hurt go 49 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: away or make deadlines disappear, but it can give you 50 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: a little break, a moment of reprieve, this moment of 51 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 1: stillness and peace, and it can help you bring your 52 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: awareness to what is beyond how you're feeling, because it's 53 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: so easy to have those blinkers on and this is 54 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:42,119 Speaker 1: something that our minds and our body craves. So when 55 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: you're having one of those days, remember to pause, take 56 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: a deep breath, and accept your reality. Step outside, take 57 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: in your surroundings. Notice how it shifts your mood, even 58 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: if it's just a little. So seek out those small 59 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: moments and let them remind you that there's more to 60 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: life than the challenges that you're facing. And it's okay 61 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: to have a bad day or have bad days, but 62 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: it doesn't have to define you, and it certainly doesn't 63 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 1: take away the fact that life can be difficult and 64 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 1: life can be a struggle, but it's about finding those 65 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: little pockets of goodness and holding onto them. So thank 66 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: you for listening today. I hope this helps you next 67 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: time you're having a tough day, and remember it's okay 68 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: to feel what you're feeling, but don't forget to look 69 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: for the good too, so you can find these moments 70 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: of peace even when you feel like you're in the 71 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:44,279 Speaker 1: middle of a storm. So take care and keep finding 72 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: the joy in the little things, and I will see 73 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: you next week.