@kathy: The stop complaining tactic works wonders when used with regularity. Thanks for adding that great insight to the discussion! Eric.

It is so easy to slide down that slippery slope of negativity when stress takes over. Another strategy I use is to just stop complaining. This puts my mind in a positive frame and focused on solutions.

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@Vincent: Definitely! The fact that tomorrow is a new day is always a life saver. I’m glad you enjoyed the post! Eric.

There will be days that we will term as “bad days” but thinking that there will be another 24 hours the next day will definitely help us to get by. I love the last tip

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I find that I feel exactly as you described on days where I haven’t had enough sleep the night before. My tolerance is down, and I’m not as positive as I usually would be.

I haven’t actually tried “give yourself something to look forward to” as you suggest, but it sounds good!

Keep up the great content…

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@Danny: Finding the source of your sourness is all about reverse engineering. You have to start at the ‘funk’ and work your way back to the source, moment by moment, feeling by feeling.

If I’m in a bad mood I often try to figure out exactly when that mood came to pass. If it was an hour after a meal than my blood sugar probably crashed from something I ate. Or if it’s around 2 to 3 pm that I’m crashing that it was most certainly from lack of sleep as I know that’s when my body gives out.

So it’s all about knowing your body and paying attention to the details. But even then it can be a mystery.

@Sean: Very good point! It’s not just our day we’re trying to salvage, but our week we need to protect.

@Neil: I know, isn’t that a great image!

The mini break idea is one that can really make all the difference. It can mean the difference of pushing forward and boiling over.

@Pace: I completely understand where you’re coming from here. But I would argue that most of us, at our core, have a common set of basic expectations for how we’d like to be treated. We all want things like respect, courtesy and the benefit of the doubt. Stuff like that. But like I said, I understand what you’re saying.

@Kay: Liz and I are going away for a few days for Thanksgiving so we too our looking forward to a few days of rest and relaxation.

@Scott: ‘Fake it ’til you make it’. Absolutely! Not that we should be fake, but I think ‘forcing a smile’ now and again is much better than letting yourself go and burning some bridges in the process.

@Matt: As I said to Neil, I thought it was PERFECT!

I usually think about sitting down to a nice dinner with my wife and watching one of our many favorite TV shows online.

What about you?

“Give yourself something to look forward to at the end of the day.”

What are some things you do at the end of the day that you look forward to?

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Now, putting all this into practice on “one of thooose” days can be tough.

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