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In Our Conversation Today, We’re Exploring:

• Why the myth of the morning routine may be more of a burden than a benefit

• Strategies you can use to help you turn your tough day around

• Why working harder doesn’t help us get through bad days

• What Macklemore, Office Space, Dead To Me have to do with recovering from “bad days”

What happens when you find yourself having a bad day?

What happens if you wake up tired, or the morning goes poorly, or you’re stuck in a spiral of grumpiness and disorganization before your second cup of coffee? Can the day be redeemed?

When we find ourselves having a rough start, or feeling like the, the week or even the month is lost, it’s helpful to have a set of go-to strategies that help us to reflect on what’s happening in the moment and redirect ourselves to a reset that works.

Whether it’s orienting ourselves in our body and in the present moment, finding five deep breaths (a practice that’s proven to help reduce stress), journaling, or heading out for a walk, it’s important to remember that we have options.

Checking in with our body may allow us to recognize that it’s not a bad day, but maybe we’re actually hungry, tired, or dehydrated. When we don’t catastrophize we can hit pause on the stories we’re telling ourselves. And we can use that pause to pivot in a new direction for the rest of the day.

This practice can help in so many ways because our problems can get larger if we tell ourselves we just have to grind through them.

Sometimes the solution isn’t to work harder but rather to take a deep breath, recognize our small victories, and resolve to create more good moments with purpose.

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