4 Tips to turning around a crappy day
We all have crappy days and it’s doesn’t matter if you meditate or not, every now and then one of these days is going to pop-up again.
Here are a few of my top tips that I hope help when one of these days comes around again.
The best part is that these tips are not hard and don’t take long action.
Go to gratitude: The quickest way to turning those negative feelings around is to instantly trump them with thinking of some things you’re grateful for right this very moment. Even if we strip everything back to just the most simple fact that you’re alive, breathing. What a gift that is!
Stop and breathe: Speaking of breathing. A couple of deep, deliberate breaths is like hitting the reset button on your computer. It’ll make you feel and operate better. You don’t have to close your eyes, just take 5 deep breaths. In through the nose for 8 seconds, hold for 4 and then all the way out for another 8 seconds.
A couple more suggestions with this exercise is to pay close attention to the feeling of the air entering the nose. Really try to notice it as it enters through the nostrils, goes through your sinus and then down into your lungs. Then when you’re holding for 4 seconds, let your gaze focus on something in front of you and just really study it. The shape, texture, colour, just everything about it for a few moments. Then let the breath go all the way out. Maybe even give your body a shake when do this as if you’re shaking off chunks of worry and stress onto the ground.Write it down and then throw it away: Write down whatever is bothering you. It doesn’t really matter how you do. Dot point, an essay, just get those problems down on paper. Once they’re all down, you have 3 options. each is a great physical exercise to moving on and letting go.
Rip the piece of paper up into as many small pieces as you like and then throw it all up in the air while walking in the other direction
Scrunch it up into as small as possible ball. Then laugh at it and throw it in a bin with sass
Burn it. Just be careful with this one
Meditate (Surprise, Surprise!): Of course I’m going to recommend this. I still believe that mediation is one of the most underrated practices anyone can do and it doesn’t require much time or effort.
The power in meditation lays in how it helps you become more aware of your feelings and what you want to do with them. Yes, what YOU want to do with them. You control your feelings and tell them what to do. Meditation simply helps you realise this
There’s always going to be problems, pain and suffering throughout life and we shouldn’t be trying to avoid these experiences. They are necessary and needed part of life for growth, humility and strength. How we handle them though makes all the difference.
I hope these tips have been helpful and you try them out the next time you’re having a crappy day.
