30 Jul Ever have a bad day? Well here are 9 things to help you get through!
We all have bad days.
But we all, also, get through these bad days.
How you get through tough times determines overall happiness and wellbeing; resilience is a key to thriving and flourishing and the good news is we can all learn to do this better by keeping things in perspective and by remember these 9 things…
by Daniel Wallen from LifeHack
Even the hardest days contain lessons that will help you be a better person. Feeling down? Consider these things to remember when you’re having a bad day.
1. No one promised life would be perfect.
“If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.” -Leo Tolstoy
Don’t condition your happiness on meeting every expectation you set for yourself. It is good to be ambitious, but you’ll never be perfect. If you expect otherwise, your life will be rife with disappointments.
2. Success doesn’t happen overnight.
“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.” -Molière
Don’t kid yourself into thinking success will come quickly. It isn’t easy to be patient, but anything worth doing requires time (often, lots of it!). If you get frustrated, remind yourself why your goal is important.
3. There is a lesson in every struggle.
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
-Haruki Murakami
Don’t complain about how terrible your life is. It is tempting to do, but stressing out won’t make you feel any better. If you search for the lesson in your present struggle, you’ll be able to make positive changes that would prevent similar situations in the future…
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