Having a Bad Day? Here's a Nifty Mind Trick to Help You!

It's interesting to look back at your life and realize something about all of the bad days that you've ever experienced:
You've survived every bad day you've ever had.
When you think about it, that's pretty amazing, right? Because, at the time, you weren't sure if you could get out of the quagmire you felt stuck in. But you did. And you will again.
Just because you're having a bad day,
It doesn’t mean you have a bad life.

Dealing with What's Inside Your Mind

Sometimes, finding the answer to the problem of how to turn a bad day into one you can cope with, can be as simple as looking at what's inside your mind - and looking at the problems you're facing in a different way - literally.

Try this:
If the problem at the root of your bad day is causing you to feel like crap, then remember that the feeling is simply a thought travelling through your body. One way to gain perspective on what's happening in your life is to move the thought out of your mind, as you'll find the corresponding crappy feeling will follow suit.
So, examine the thought in your mind.
Is it a picture or a movie?
Once you've found it and discovered if it's a still image or short video, shrink it down to the size of a postage stamp (remember those?)
If it's in colour, drain out the colour and make it black and white.
If it's a movie then freeze frame it into a still image.
Now make the image foggy grey and merge it all together.
Next, push it out of your mind and way over to the other side of the country you reside in.
Send it way out over yonder until it's barely an atom in size.
Leave it there.

Practice this every time an unwanted thought intrudes on your day. It enables you to have a bit more mental bandwidth to deal with stuff, dials down the intrusive thought patterns and calms unhelpful emotions.

All of which can mean you're more likely to get a good night's sleep and feel better the next day!

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