Tuesday was one of those days. You know the kind… where it feels like you wake up behind, you feel frustrated, there are countless interruptions, and the more the day goes on, the worse it gets. By the grace of God, I didn’t fly off the handle at anyone, but I certainly felt like it could happen at any moment. I was anxious, unsettled, and just plain irritable. The house was messy, the kids were needy, I got some discouraging feedback on a project I’d put a lot of effort into, and I never made it out of my PJ’s. As I analyzed my day, I realized there were six key things that were major contributing factors to my bad day. And I thought I’d list them as a reminder to me (and anyone else) for the future. So here are six ways to guarantee you’ll have a bad day: 1) Don’t Get Enough Sleep the Night Before I stayed up way too late the night before… and it wasn’t because I was working on some world-changing project. Nope, I was mindlessly browsing the internet. I know, sooo noble and worth losing precious sleep over. 2) Don’t Have a Plan for the Day I woke up late and tired. Without a plan. And just let life hit me as it came. Eventually, I got around to writing out a to-do list for the day. But by that time, I was so behind it was just more discouraging than it was helpful. 3) Don’t Shower or Dressed Yup. It’s true. I was still in my PJ’s at 5 p.m. and I finally just gave up hope of changing out of them. So I felt gross and messy and unkempt all day… which totally makes you feel cheerful and excited about life. Or not. 4) Don’t Stay Focused Some interruptions came my way and I let them suck way too much time and energy from me. Instead of waiting to answer that non-urgent email and phone call until I had a time block to deal with it, I let the inbox and phone control my morning — which is always a recipe for my day getting out of whack. And it was a recipe for complete chaos and frustration when my day was already off to such a poor start. 5) Don’t Count Your Blessings I spent too much time fretting over a negative comment someone made and let that frustrate and irritate me until I couldn’t see any of the blessings of my day. Which then, in turn, only made the day seem clouded over with more frustration. 6) Do Beat Yourself Up for All the Ways You’re Failing This final point is KEY for having a bad day. Take a lot of time to mull over everything single last thing you’re doing wrong and every area of your life that needs improvement. It will seal the deal for you and your bad day. Read the full post here --> bit.ly/1jVKgLL
Posted on: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:00:42 +0000