Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is about how to rescue a bad day.
Speaker 1: We all have lousy days. It's part of the human condition.
Speaker 1: And these lousy days come in different flavors. Some just
Speaker 1: feel unproductive. You have little energy, and you're stuck on
Speaker 1: something and you feel like you're wasting time. Those are frustrating,
Speaker 1: but they're generally not as bad as the days that
Speaker 1: are actively bad. It's not just that the universe seems
Speaker 1: to be holding you back, it is actively conspiring to
Speaker 1: throw what it can your way. For the former it
Speaker 1: helps to just make small steps on something anything, But
Speaker 1: for the really bad days, you might have to take
Speaker 1: more active measures like these five ideas. One revisit examples
Speaker 1: of when you did something awesome. I like to keep
Speaker 1: a file of good book reviews or notes from pleased
Speaker 1: editors or readers, and even on a day when everything
Speaker 1: seems to be going wrong, this can be a reminder
Speaker 1: that at least once in the past things have gone right. Two.
Speaker 1: Get moving. One reason I like running is that I
Speaker 1: always feel better once the endorphins kick in. Exercise is
Speaker 1: a known mood booster, as is fresh air. And combine
Speaker 1: the two. Stay with a fifteen minute walk outside and
Speaker 1: life might feel more doable afterwards. Three Call in reinforcements.
Speaker 1: People with strong social ties tend to be healthier and happier,
Speaker 1: and one reason is that friends and family can put
Speaker 1: bad days in perspective. Whatever you did or failed to do,
Speaker 1: you're still loved. Make a quick call to someone who
Speaker 1: can remind you of that. For indulge in a healthy treat,
Speaker 1: or at least a reasonably healthy one. You can stop
Speaker 1: by the library or bookstore to pick up a new
Speaker 1: book you've been wanting to read. You can hold yourself
Speaker 1: up for twenty minutes somewhere and read a magazine. Wander
Speaker 1: around a florists shop even if you're not buying anything,
Speaker 1: just to take in the smells and sights. Meeting a
Speaker 1: friend or your partner for a glass of wine could
Speaker 1: be a treat. Just make sure that the bad day
Speaker 1: doesn't lead to an extra glass. Five. Picture the future
Speaker 1: and picture the past. Do you have any memory of
Speaker 1: today's date two years ago? What went wrong on that date?
Speaker 1: Since you're human, no doubt something did, But two years on,
Speaker 1: you most likely have no memory of it, which means
Speaker 1: that two years from now, most likely today's disappointments will
Speaker 1: look different too. Now that's not true for everything. Of course,
Speaker 1: some disappointments or failures really do scar, and I don't
Speaker 1: want to minimize the pain of the truly awful. But
Speaker 1: for most things, two years softens memories Somewhat. In two years,
Speaker 1: you will probably not feel the exact same way you
Speaker 1: do now, and that can help us realize that sometimes
Speaker 1: one of the blessings of time is that it does
Speaker 1: keep passing. If we can't rescue today, tomorrow might be different.
Speaker 1: How do you rescue a bad day? You can let
Speaker 1: me know at Before Breakfast podcast at ihart media dot com.
Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and
Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,
Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me
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