Turn That Frown Upside Down
Jun 12th, 2008 by April
The Positivity Blog has a new post on how to lift yourself out of a bad day. I think that’s a fantastic subject to focus on. We all have bad days and it can be very difficult to motivate ourselves to do anything about them. I like their first suggestion, partly because it is one that I need to take more often: “Just do it.” There are many things that can cheer you up on a bad day - seeing a friend, getting exercise, going to a movie - but when you feel crappy, you don’t want to make the effort to do them. As the Positivity Blog writer says, Just Do It! You will feel ten times better when you do. I know. It happened to me over the weekend. My boyfriend dragged me to a local bookstore (because I heart bookstores) and I instantly perked up.
What kinds of things do you do to cheer yourself up? I would add “Play with a child or pet” to their list, because that is instant happiness.
one thing I do to perk myself up is to take a short 20min nap. i always set a timer about 27 mins to allow myself some extra time to fall asleep. they see 20mins is a perfect amount to get through 1 sleep cycle. when i wake up i feel ready to gooooooo!