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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.
Good morning.
This is Laura.
Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Today's tip is that sometimes having a good day may not be possible.
But when that is the case, you can still aim to take your day at least from bad to fine.
This can keep a bad day from spiraling out of control.
Long-time listeners know that I ask my guests here on Before Breakfast about how they take their days from great to awesome.
The hope is that we can follow their advice and make our days more awesome too.
But there are days when awesome is just not in the cards.
The best you can hope for is to salvage a bad day and at least make it okay.
On these bad days, it is helpful to have strategies for maintaining our resilience.
We need tools we can use to maintain our general sense that tomorrow is another day.
So figure out what those tools are.
What is something you have done recently to take a day from bad to fine?
When I am having a bad day, my first strategy is to try a reset.
This usually looks like going for a walk outside, or perhaps a run outside if the weather is okay, or on the treadmill if it isn't.
I often finish in a much better mood.
Another good response is to revisit what you intended to accomplish that day and adjust.
If your plans have totally fallen apart by 10 a.m., it is fine to rethink your goals.
Decide on what is most important and what you can realistically do.
Anything you can't do can be rescheduled for a future day.
When your new goals feel attainable, you may feel better about the rest of the day, since it doesn't feel like a battle to do the impossible.
You can end the day with some success.
You did the two things you had to do and one bonus thing.
When reality exceeds expectations, you feel on top of the world.
Reality didn't change, but your expectations did, and that is fine.
Some people like to treat themselves on rough days.
This could mean taking yourself out for lunch, or perhaps cutting your workout a little bit short to free up time to sit in silence in the steam room at your gym.
Or maybe it's ordering groceries instead of battling through a crowded grocery store.
Bonus points if you not only get the experience of treating yourself, but also decide to do so earlier in the day.
That way, you can look forward to it.
Emotional support can quickly take a day from bad to fine.
Call a friend who can give you a quick pep talk.
Have a little laugh or a good cry.
And talk through how you can handle whatever is troubling you.
Sometimes even a five-minute call can make a big difference.
Make sure you do this for your friends when they are having bad days as well.
In any case, I think it helps to have a mental list of these strategies that you can use.
Rather than starting to collect points of evidence that this day is irredeemable, which then creates its own narrative, you can reach for one of your coping mechanisms.
A day when you go for a beautiful walk, call a friend, and read a funny book just can't be that bad.
It is fine.
And sometimes that is enough.
If you have strategies for taking your day from bad to fine, I would love to hear them.
You can reach me at laura at lauravandercam.com.
In the meantime, this is Laura.
Thanks for listening.
And here's to making the most of our time.
Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.
If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at laura at lauravandercam.com.
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