We’ve all been there. Your day is sailing alone fine, when lo and behold something or more often, someone ticks you off. Now you are pissy. What to do to bounce back and fling yourself back into the sunshine?
1. Go to Starbucks – get a drink and sit your butt down…relax…breathe. Ahhhh. Now see? Isn’t that better? Surf the web on their awesome free Starbucks intranet. Listen to music, peruse new book titles, talk to other coffee addicts. Don’t feel like talking? Take a book or the Times with you. Easy as that.
2. Have a nice pal who will email you cute, funny videos. For instance a baby laughing hysterically when his dad tears up pieces of paper. If that does not send a smile, you are in some serious darkness.
3. A good book. Grab some quiet time in a remote corner, crack the cover, and allow the world to fade away.
4. Make a stop for a favorite food or beverage. Treat yourself people. If you won’t, who will? I recommend a lovely cheeseburger. The messier the better. Try 5 Napkin.
5. Visit a toy store and play with the toys. Relive your childhood; it’s never too late. Leave with a new game, invite some friends over..if you don’t have any friends, buy the hand-held version. Heh.
6. Listen to jazz and contemplate New Orleans. Do I smell gumbo? Magic.
7. Number seven – the magic number. When all else fails, think about how much worse it could be. Think of those who have no job, are homeless, or repressed. Now think about what you can do to help.
Your day really wasn’t so bad after all, now was it?
It was? Well…in that case crawl under your desk and hide, or hide out in the bathroom. Go for a walk. If all else fails, move on to the desperation plan: barf on the boss’s desk. Works every time.
Reading really helps me out when I’m not in a good mood. Getting lost in someone else world really makes me forget what’s wrong in mines. Great advice!
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Hey Jana, sorry it has taken me so long to respond. I checked out your blog and subscribed. Good stuff. Reading is like a mini-vacation to me as well; don’t know what I would do without it. As you mentioned, it is the great escape no matter what is bothering you and the best thing is that you can do it anywhere. Keep writing, I wish you much success.
I like number 7. I think about how other people have it a lot worse than me. And helping others works out too; I discovered this one afternoon after having a really crappy day, when I bumped into a little girl selling chocolates for a school fundraiser.. her face lit up when I told her she could keep the change. It’s awesome what a difference that made to my day.
Edwin
Experiences like that make me smile too! Frankly nothing makes me happier than to have the opportunity to make someone else’s day. The opportunities are all around us, all we have to do is pay attention. What is so great about this is that it can be the simplest thing ever, maybe helping and elderly person with a package, or holding a door for someone. You would be surprised how the littlest thing can effect a persons day. Even a well-timed smile!
PS: I love your blog and I see myself in it far too often! Ha!
Thank you!
Yours is pretty awesome! You really demonstrate your belief that “a day in which we have not learned is a day wasted” by posting cool stuff. I don’t know how you do it, but keep ‘em coming!
And I agree, those chances to make someone’s day better are everywhere!
You are so kind Edwin, thank you! I must admit, I ‘ve been terrible at posting lately and for that I apologize and pledge to do better. I’m not sure how I do it, I suppose just by being me. I am appreciative that resonates with you. Keep on smiling and keep on learning; two very wise pursuits.