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Having a Lousy Day? Do This.
Don’t roll your eyes; it works every time.
Maybe right now your life sucks.
I hope not, but we all have those days. Or weeks, or years. Our jobs turn ugly, we don’t get what we want or we lose something — or worse, someone — we once held dear. Our plans go haywire, as though some demonic puppet master is tangling our strings no matter how hard we try to move forward.
Or maybe you’re simply indulging in a crappy mood or an epic sulk. We all do that from time to time too. It’s called being human.
But why let it suck any longer than you have to?
Suffering is part of life, as any self-respecting Buddhist will tell you. But you don’t get brownie points for extending your misery needlessly. It may feel like climbing a mountain of sand to even think about getting yourself out of a deep funk, but it’s both possible and entirely doable.
It does mean you have to be willing to try. And then you have to summon enough energy to at least get started.
That’s the hardest part, actually. The next part is fun, once you achieve some momentum. As my jolly old (also wildly successful and wealthy) Uncle Harold used to say, here’s the whole thing:
